CVE-2009-3609

Exp

Integer overflow in the ImageStream::ImageStream function in Stream.cc in Xpdf before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, and CUPS pdftops, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted PDF document that triggers a NULL pointer dereference or buffer over-read.

Published: 2009-10-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2009-3609 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.00%, 90th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3609

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3609

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 2025-12-14 5.62% 6.00% +0.38%
2 2025-11-04 5.30% 5.62% +0.32%
3 2025-08-22 — 5.30% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3609

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3609

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3609

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2009-3609 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-2009-3609
gentoo normal CVE-2009-3609: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/poppler); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-3609
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3609
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-3609 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-2009-3609

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3609

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3609

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch Exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
http://poppler.freedesktop.org/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37023 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37028 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37034 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37037 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37043 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37051 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37054 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37061 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37077 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37079 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
http://secunia.com/advisories/37159
http://secunia.com/advisories/39327
http://secunia.com/advisories/39938
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029
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.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0755.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703 Exploit Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2926 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0802
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1220
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526893 Exploit Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53800
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11043
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8134
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1500.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1504.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1513.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.html
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