9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-3604
Xpdf/Poppler Image Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Description

The Splash::drawImage function in Splash.cc in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in GPdf and kdegraphics KPDF, does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or a heap-based buffer overflow.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 21, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 1:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-3604 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3604 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 Glyphandcog xpdfreader
1 Poppler poppler
1 Foolabs xpdf
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-2009-3604.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch Patch
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb2
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/diff/?id=284a928996&id2=75c3466ba2
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37023 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37028 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37037 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37042 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37043 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37053 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37077 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37079 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
http://secunia.com/advisories/39327
http://secunia.com/advisories/39938
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029
http://site.pi3.com.pl/adv/xpdf.txt Exploit
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:087
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703 Exploit Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0802
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1040
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1220
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526911 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53795
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10969
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1500.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.html

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CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-3604 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-3604 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2009-3604 xpdf/poppler: Splash::drawImage integer overflow and missing allocation return value check The Splash::drawImage function in Splash.cc in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in GPdf and kdegraphics KPDF, does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or a heap-based buffer overflow.
    Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0480 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1500 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1501 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1502 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1503 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1512 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3604 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The Splash::drawImage function in Splash.cc in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in GPdf and kdegraphics KPDF, does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or a heap-based buffer overflow. CVE-2009-3604 xpdf/poppler: Splash::drawImage integer overflow and missing allocation return value check
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1512 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0480 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3604 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1500 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1501 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1502 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1503 [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10969 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10969 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53795 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53795 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-3604 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-2009-3604 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

43.67 }} 6.01%

score

0.97458

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability