Integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, as used in Poppler and other products, when running on Mac OS X, has unspecified impact, related to "g*allocn."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0165 is rated High Risk (67.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.76%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize 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 | 2025-11-04 | 3.19% | 1.76% | -1.44% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 5.18% | 3.19% | -1.98% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 5.18% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2009-0165 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xpdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0165 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2009-0165: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/poppler); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-0165 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2009-0165 low priority: Ubuntu including 11 source packages (gpdf, ipe, …), 363 status rows across 33 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, intrepid, jammy, jaunty, karmic, kinetic, lucid, lunar, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 178, not-affected 137, ignored 35, needs-triage 10, released 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0165 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |