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poppler, xpdf — security advisory
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.
- Products
- poppler, xpdf
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.12.2-1, 3.02-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-3604
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3604
poppler
Fixed versions: 0.12.2-1
poppler
Fixed versions: 0.12.2-1
poppler
Fixed versions: 0.12.2-1
xpdf
Fixed versions: 3.02-2
xpdf
Fixed versions: 3.02-2
xpdf
Fixed versions: 3.02-2
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:48.626185569Z",
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