The 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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-3604 is rated High Exploit Risk (82/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.50%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | 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 | 2026-01-18 | 9.74% | 7.50% | -2.25% |
| 2 | 2025-05-11 | 10.65% | 9.74% | -0.90% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 10.65% | — |
Full EPSS history (19 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2009-3604 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-2009-3604 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2009-3604: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/poppler); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-3604 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3604 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2009-3604 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-2009-3604 |
| 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 | 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| glyphandcog | xpdfreader | 3.02 | cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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 | 0.5.90 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.5.91 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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 | 0.8.5 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| poppler | poppler | 0.12.0 | cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |