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CVE-2009-0791 Detail

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and kdegraphics KPDF, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly related to (1) Decrypt.cxx, (2) FoFiTrueType.cxx, (3) gmem.c, (4) JBIG2Stream.cxx, and (5) PSOutputDev.cxx in pdftops/. NOTE: the JBIG2Stream.cxx vector may overlap CVE-2009-1179.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35340 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37023 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37028 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37037 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37043 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37079 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022326 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1083.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35195 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1488 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50941 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10534 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1500.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0791
NVD Published Date:
06/09/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.