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medium 6.8

CVE-2009-0791 json

Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and…

published 2009-06-09 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0789

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and kdegraphics KPDF, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly related to (1) Decrypt.cxx, (2) FoFiTrueType.cxx, (3) gmem.c, (4) JBIG2Stream.cxx, and (5) PSOutputDev.cxx in pdftops/. NOTE: the JBIG2Stream.cxx vector may overlap CVE-2009-1179.

Patch / fix

  • cups Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0791

  • tetex RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.19
  • tetex-afm RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.19
  • tetex-xdvi RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.19
  • tetex-dvips RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.19
  • tetex-fonts RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.19
  • tetex-latex RHEL 3 1.0.7-67.19
  • tetex RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
  • tetex-afm RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0401RHSA-2010:0400RHSA-2010:0399RHSA-2009:1512RHSA-2009:1503RHSA-2009:1502

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0791 updated cvss 5.8

xpdf: multiple integer overflows

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 xpdf 2.02-17.el3, tetex 1.0.7-67.19, cups 1.1.17-13.3.62, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.19, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) tetex 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, tetex-afm 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, tetex-xdvi 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, tetex-dvips 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, tetex-fonts 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0480
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 xpdf 2.02-17.el3, tetex 1.0.7-67.19, cups 1.1.17-13.3.62, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.19, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 xpdf 3.00-22.el4_8.1, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, kdegraphics 3.3.1-15.el4_8.2, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tetex 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, tetex-afm 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, tetex-xdvi 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, kdegraphics 3.5.4-15.el5_4.2, tetex-dvips 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1502
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 xpdf 3.00-22.el4_8.1, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, kdegraphics 3.3.1-15.el4_8.2, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, kdegraphics 3.5.4-15.el5_4.2, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1502
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 xpdf 2.02-17.el3, tetex 1.0.7-67.19, cups 1.1.17-13.3.62, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.19, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 xpdf 3.00-22.el4_8.1, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, kdegraphics 3.3.1-15.el4_8.2, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) kdegraphics 3.5.4-15.el5_4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1502
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 xpdf 2.02-17.el3, tetex 1.0.7-67.19, cups 1.1.17-13.3.62, tetex-afm 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-xdvi 1.0.7-67.19, tetex-dvips 1.0.7-67.19, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 xpdf 3.00-22.el4_8.1, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.5, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, kdegraphics 3.3.1-15.el4_8.2, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.3, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1083

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Exploit prediction

5.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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Sources

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