# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-11-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

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

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