Is CVE-2009-3609 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2009-3609 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2009-3609?

CVE-2009-3609 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2009-3609?

CVE-2009-3609 has an EPSS score of 4.48% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-3609?

Upgrade poppler on debian 11 to 0.12.2-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2009-3609

MEDIUMEPSS 90th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the ImageStream::ImageStream function in Stream.cc in Xpdf before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, and CUPS pdftops, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or buffer over-read.

CWE-189

How to fix

Remediation Available

popplerDebian

Fixed in:0.12.2-1CVE-2009-3609

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2015-1538	High	10.0	99%	-	-
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CVE-2007-0071	High	9.3	93%	-	-
CVE-2015-3829	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2015-3864	High	10.0	87%	-	-
CVE-2015-1539	High	10.0	86%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.