CVE-2009-1605

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 87.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

Published

2009-05-11 19:28Z17 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 20:38Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-05-11

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a92eaeb141cf38d5941a916e92a3fdf4dae403220bdd03351c368a321a2278c6

• secunia.com34916http://secunia.com/advisories/34916third-party-advisory
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-1185http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185vdb-entry
• www.vupen.comADV-2009-1186http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186vdb-entry
• archives.neohapsis.com20090424 SumatraPDF <= 0.9.3 Heap Overflow PoChttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.htmlmailing-list
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690555
• cgit.ghostscript.comhttps://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=451373e028f82fa2f1cc2a6a669df31d85c877bd