CVE-2009-0756

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    CVE-2009-0756

    Published: 3 Mar 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file that triggers a parsing error, which is not properly handled by JBIG2SymbolDict::~JBIG2SymbolDict and triggers an invalid memory dereference.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33853, http://secunia.com/advisories/35685, http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19702, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004403.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High