CVE-2009-3605

Multiple integer overflows in Poppler 0.10.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to (1) glib/poppler-page.cc; (2) ArthurOutputDev.cc, (3) CairoOutputDev.cc, (4) GfxState.cc, (5) JBIG2Stream.cc, (6) PSOutputDev.cc, and (7) SplashOutputDev.cc in poppler/; and (8) SplashBitmap.cc, (9) Splash.cc, and (10) SplashFTFont.cc in splash/. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2009-0791.

Published: 2009-11-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3605 is rated Moderate Risk (58.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.39%). Review affected assets and schedule 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-2009-3605

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 2026-02-03 4.34% 4.39% +0.06%
2 2025-11-04 4.39% 4.34% -0.06%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.39% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3605

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3605

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3605

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2009-3605 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (poppler), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3605
gentoo normal CVE-2009-3605: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/poppler); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-3605
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3605
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-3605 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (poppler), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, upstream): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3605

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3605

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
poppler poppler <= 0.10.5 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 0.5.90 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3605

URL Tags
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=284a92899602daa4a7f429e61849e794569310b5
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=7b2d314a61fd0e12f47c62996cb49ec0d1ba747a
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb22f812b31858e519411f57747d39bd8
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37114 Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-3605
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.4.diff.gz
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.8.7-1ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7731
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