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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3607 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the create_surface_from_thumbnail_data function in glib/poppler-page.cc in Poppler 0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/23/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=c839b706 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37054 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37114 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37159 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/6 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36718 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526924 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53801 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.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-2009-3607
NVD Published Date:
10/21/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.