CVE-2009-0165

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."

Published: 2009-04-23 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0165

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0165

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0165

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0165

vendor priority summary link
debian 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 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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0165

URL Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263028 Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00011.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34852
http://secunia.com/advisories/34959
http://secunia.com/advisories/34991
http://secunia.com/advisories/35037
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.578477
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1790
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1793
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34568
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50377
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