CVE-2009-3608

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    CVE-2009-3608

    Published: 21 Oct 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, CUPS pdftops, and teTeX, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://poppler.freedesktop.org/, http://secunia.com/advisories/37028, http://secunia.com/advisories/37034, http://secunia.com/advisories/37037, http://secunia.com/advisories/37043, http://secunia.com/advisories/37051, http://secunia.com/advisories/37053, http://secunia.com/advisories/37054, http://secunia.com/advisories/37061, http://secunia.com/advisories/37077, http://secunia.com/advisories/37079, http://secunia.com/advisories/37114, http://secunia.com/advisories/37159, http://secunia.com/advisories/39327, http://secunia.com/advisories/39938, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-016.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2926, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0802, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1220, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1504.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1513.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703, ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch, http://poppler.freedesktop.org/, http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526637, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html, 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.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, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53794, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9536, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.html

    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