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HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2009-1605
MuPDF Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadexponentialfunc function in mupdf/pdf_function.c in MuPDF in the mupdf-20090223-win32 package, as used in SumatraPDF 0.9.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

INFO

Published Date :

May 11, 2009, 8 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-1605 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sumatrapdfreader sumatrapdf
1 Krzysztof_kowalczyk sumatrapdf
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-1605 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-1605.

URL Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34916 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186 Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690555
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=451373e028f82fa2f1cc2a6a669df31d85c877bd
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34916 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186 Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-1605 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-1605 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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0xCyberY/CVE-T4PDF

CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : June 22, 2022, 6:01 a.m. This repo has been linked 701 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-1605 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-1605 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/34916
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Sep. 13, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690555 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=451373e028f82fa2f1cc2a6a669df31d85c877bd [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.9.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.9.3
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_kowalczyk:sumatrapdf:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sumatrapdfreader:sumatrapdf:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.4
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 9.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.21 }} 0.55%

score

0.82974

percentile