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CVE-2009-0791

Published: Jun 09, 2009 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.8 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0791
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and kdegraphics KPDF, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly related to (1) Decrypt.cxx, (2) FoFiTrueType.cxx, (3) gmem.c, (4) JBIG2Stream.cxx, and (5) PSOutputDev.cxx in pdftops/. NOTE: the JBIG2Stream.cxx vector may overlap CVE-2009-1179.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CupsApple1.1.17 (including)1.1.17 (including)
CupsApple1.1.22 (including)1.1.22 (including)
CupsApple1.3.7 (including)1.3.7 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatcups-1:1.1.17-13.3.62*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatxpdf-1:2.02-17.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHattetex-0:1.0.7-67.19*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatcups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatxpdf-1:3.00-22.el4_8.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatgpdf-0:2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkdegraphics-7:3.3.1-15.el4_8.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHattetex-0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatpoppler-0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkdegraphics-7:3.5.4-15.el5_4.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHattetex-0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5*

References

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