CVE-2009-0195
Heap-based buffer overflow in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9, and probably other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with crafted JBIG2 symbol dictionary
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9, and probably other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with crafted JBIG2 symbol dictionary
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-04-23 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-01-20
- Assigning CNA
- flexera
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e4b084bcbf13cfda0066b68266ae9a2ba61fb57f4c7571677ea63314e8c07338
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-18/
- secunia.com34963http://secunia.com/advisories/34963
- secunia.com35064http://secunia.com/advisories/35064
- secunia.com34481http://secunia.com/advisories/34481
- www.securityfocus.com20090417 Secunia Research: CUPS pdftops JBIG2 Symbol Dictionary Buffer Overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502759/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0480http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0480.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1040http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1040
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0458http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0458.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10076https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10076
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:087http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:087
- secunia.com34756http://secunia.com/advisories/34756
- secunia.com34291http://secunia.com/advisories/34291
- www.securityfocus.com20090417 Secunia Research: Xpdf JBIG2 Symbol Dictionary Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502762/100/0/threaded
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-17/
- www.securityfocus.com34791http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34791
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xpdf Fixed in 3.02-1.4+lenny1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xpdf Fixed in 3.02-1.4+lenny1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xpdf Fixed in 3.02-1.4+lenny1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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