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    CVE-2009-3607

    Integer overflow in the create_surface_from_thumbnail_data function in glib/poppler-page.cc in Poppler 0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

    Published:Oct 15, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 21, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.06855
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Poppler
    Product
    Poppler

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-92 Forced Integer Overflow

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2025-43718 (CVSS 2.9) — Poppler 24.06.1 through 25.x before 25.04.0 allows stack consumption and a SIGSEGV via deeply nested structure…
    CVE-2025-52886 (CVSS 5.5) — Poppler is a PDF rendering library. Versions prior to 25.06.0 use `std::atomic_int` for reference counting. Be…
    CVE-2024-56378 (CVSS 4.3) — libpoppler.so in Poppler through 24.12.0 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability within the JBIG2Bitmap::combi…
    CVE-2010-3704 (CVSS 6.8) — The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5, poppler 0.8.7 and…
    CVE-2010-3703 (CVSS 4.3) — The PostScriptFunction::PostScriptFunction function in poppler/Function.cc in the PDF parser in poppler 0.8.7 …
    CVE-2009-3606 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer overflow in the PSOutputDev::doImageL1Sep function in Xpdf before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in…
    CVE-2009-3603 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12…
    CVE-2009-3608 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler …
    CVE-2009-3609 (CVSS 4.3) — Integer overflow in the ImageStream::ImageStream function in Stream.cc in Xpdf before 3.02pl4 and Poppler befo…

    References

    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=c839b706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37054
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/5
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/6
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36718
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526924
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53801
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.html
    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=c839b706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37054
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/5
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/6
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36718
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526924
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53801
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.html

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