CVE-2009-0755
The FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file with an invalid Form Opt entry.
02 Description
The FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file with an invalid Form Opt entry.
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
- 10.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% 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
- Low. 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
- 2009-03-03 16:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4047391d3021d7fd1a72161e6812277a027d6044682ddbf1f7e0294ab6b8d2ea
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com33749http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749
- www.debian.orgDSA-1941http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
- lists.freedesktop.org[poppler] 20090128 poppler/Form.cchttp://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004406.html
- secunia.com33853http://secunia.com/advisories/33853
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090219 Re: CVE Request: Poppler -Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2
- secunia.com37114http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090213 CVE Request: Poppler -Two Denial of Service Vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttp://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19790
- secunia.com35685http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-850-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
- www.securityfocus.com20090417 rPSA-2009-0059-1 popplerhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:012http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- poppler Fixed in 0.10.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- poppler Fixed in 0.10.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- poppler Fixed in 0.10.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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