Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1 might allow remote attackers to 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. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1188.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3603 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.58%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.31% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 6.28% | 8.58% | +2.31% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 9.70% | 6.28% | -3.43% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 9.70% | — |
Full EPSS history (13 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2009-3603 medium priority: Debian including 2 source packages (poppler, xpdf), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3603 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2009-3603: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/poppler); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-3603 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3603 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2009-3603 medium priority: Ubuntu including 11 source packages (gpdf, ipe, …), 418 status rows across 38 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, intrepid, jammy, jaunty, karmic, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, maverick, natty, noble, oneiric, oracular, plucky, precise, quantal, questing, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): … (5 distinct statuses). | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3603 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| foolabs | xpdf | 3.02pl1 | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.02pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 3.02pl2 | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.02pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| foolabs | xpdf | 3.02pl3 | cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.02pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 3.00 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 3.01 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 3.02 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | <= 0.12.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.5.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.5.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.5.9 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.6.4 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.8.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.8.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.8.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.8.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.8.4 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.8.6 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.8.7 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.9.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.9.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.9.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.9.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.4 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.5 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.6 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.10.7 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.11.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.11.1 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.11.2 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.11.3 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |