CVE-2009-3604

NameCVE-2009-3604
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1941-1, DSA-2028-1, DSA-2050-1
Debian Bugs551287, 551289, 551290

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.26.5-2+deb8u16fixed
stretch (security)0.48.0-2+deb9u4fixed
stretch (lts), stretch0.48.0-2+deb9u6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)0.71.0-5+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm22.12.0-2fixed
sid, trixie24.08.0-3fixed
swftools (PTS)jessie0.9.2+git20130725-2fixed
stretch0.9.2+git20130725-4.1fixed
xpdf (PTS)jessie3.03-17fixed
stretch3.04-4fixed
buster3.04-13fixed
bullseye3.04+git20210103-3fixed
bookworm3.04+git20220601-1fixed
sid, trixie3.04+git20240613-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kdegraphicssourcelenny4:3.5.9-3+lenny3DSA-2050-1
kdegraphicssource(unstable)4:4.0medium551290
popplersourcelenny0.8.7-3DSA-1941-1
popplersource(unstable)0.12.2-1medium551289
swftoolssource(unstable)0.9.2+ds1-2
xpdfsourcelenny3.02-1.4+lenny2DSA-2028-1
xpdfsource(unstable)3.02-2medium551287

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