CVE-2009-4035

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    CVE-2009-4035

    Published: 21 Dec 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in Xpdf 3.0.0, gpdf 2.8.2, kpdf in kdegraphics 3.3.1, and possibly other libraries and versions, does not check the return value of the getNextLine function, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a crafted Type 1 font that can produce a negative value, leading to a signed-to-unsigned integer conversion error and a buffer overflow.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/37641, http://secunia.com/advisories/37781, http://secunia.com/advisories/37787, http://secunia.com/advisories/37793, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3555, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541614, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/diff/fofi/FoFiType1.cc?id=4b4fc5c0, http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/tree/fofi/FoFiType1.cc?id=4b4fc5c017bf147c9069bbce32fc14467bd2a81a, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1680.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1681.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1682.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37350, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023356, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54831, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10996

    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
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