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.
CVE-2009-3609
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 90.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 21, 2009
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (102)
- secalert@redhatftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
- secalert@redhathttp://poppler.freedesktop.org/
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37023
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37028
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37034
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37037
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37043
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37051
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37054
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37061
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/37077
Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libpoppler4 (0.10.5-1ubuntu2.4) @ jaunty | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libpoppler5 (0.12.0-0ubuntu2.1) @ karmic | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | kword (1:1.6.3-7ubuntu6.1) @ jaunty | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.10 | 2010-10-07 | redhat |
| redhat | tetex-0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5 | 2010-05-06 | redhat |
| redhat | tetex-0:1.0.7-67.19 | 2010-05-06 | redhat |
| redhat | tetex-0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16 | 2010-05-06 | redhat |
| redhat | poppler-0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11 | 2009-10-15 | redhat |
| redhat | xpdf-1:2.02-17.el3 | 2009-10-15 | redhat |
| redhat | cups-1:1.3.7-11.el5_4.3 | 2009-10-15 | redhat |
| redhat | gpdf-0:2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5 | 2009-10-15 | redhat |
| redhat | xpdf-1:3.00-22.el4_8.1 | 2009-10-15 | redhat |
| redhat | kdegraphics-7:3.3.1-15.el4_8.2 | 2009-10-15 | redhat |
| redhat | kdegraphics-7:3.5.4-15.el5_4.2 | 2009-10-15 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
All Vendor Advisories
(14)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1500LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2009:1500 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1501LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2009:1501 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1502LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2009:1502 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1503LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2009:1503 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1504LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2009:1504 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1512LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2009:1512 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2009:1513LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2009:1513 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0399LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2010:0399 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0400LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2010:0400 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0401LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2010:0401 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2010:0755LOW2009-10-14
RHSA-2010:0755 — Low
- UbuntuUSN-850-1MEDIUM
poppler vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-850-3MEDIUM
poppler vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-973-1MEDIUM
KOffice vulnerabilities
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- 2026-05-30 14:51 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-30 14:51 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-05-29 13:40 UTCEPSS rescore
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