Multiple buffer overflows in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file, related to (1) JBIG2SymbolDict::setBitmap and (2) JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0146 is rated Moderate Risk (46.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.83%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 3.25% | 2.83% | -0.42% |
| 2 | 2026-06-08 | 1.75% | 3.25% | +1.51% |
| 3 | 2026-01-06 | — | 1.75% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
medium | CVE-2009-0146 medium priority: Debian including 3 source packages (cups, poppler, xpdf), 15 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 15. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0146 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2009-0146: 2 GLSA(s) (200904-20, 201310-03), 2 atom(s) (app-text/poppler, net-print/cups); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-0146 |
redhat
|
high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0146 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2009-0146 medium priority: Ubuntu including 14 source packages (cups, cupsys, …), 280 status rows across 20 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial): DNE 116, not-affected 100, ignored 30, released 24, needs-triage 10. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0146 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.5a | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.7a | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.91a | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.91b | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.91c | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.92a | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.92b | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.92c | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.92d | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.92e | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92e:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.93a | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.93b | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 0.93c | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 1.00a | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:1.00a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | <= 3.02 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.80 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.90 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.91 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.92 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 0.93 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 1.00 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 1.01 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 2.00 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 2.01 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 2.02 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 2.03 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 3.00 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 3.01 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | <= 1.3.9 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.4 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.5-1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.5-2 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6-1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6-2 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.6-3 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.7 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.8 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.9 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.9-1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.10-1 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.12 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.13 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.15 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.16 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.17 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.18 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.21 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.21 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.21 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | cups | 1.1.22 | cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |