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poppler, xpdf — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3609

Integer overflow in the ImageStream::ImageStream function in Stream.cc in Xpdf before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, and CUPS pdftops, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or buffer over-read.

Products
poppler, xpdf
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.12.2-1, 3.02-2
CVEs
CVE-2009-3609
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3609

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2009, 17:30 UTC

Integer overflow in the ImageStream::ImageStream function in Stream.cc in Xpdf before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, and CUPS pdftops, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or buffer over-read.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3609

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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