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CVE-2009-1181 json

The JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, Poppler before 0.10.6, and other products allows remote attackers to…

published 2009-04-23 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1181

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, Poppler before 0.10.6, and other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file that triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Patch / fix

  • xpdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.02-1.4+lenny1
  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.10.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1181

  • tetex RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
  • tetex-afm RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
  • tetex-xdvi RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
  • tetex-dvips RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
  • tetex-fonts RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
  • tetex-latex RHEL 5 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
  • tetex RHEL 4 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16
  • tetex-afm RHEL 4 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0400RHSA-2010:0399RHSA-2009:0480RHSA-2009:0458RHSA-2009:0431RHSA-2009:0430

  • poppler openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.49.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10360-1

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-2009-1181 updated cvss 4.3

PDF JBIG2 NULL dereference

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 xpdf 2.02-14.el3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0430
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cups 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, tetex 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, cups-lpd 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, cups-libs 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, tetex-afm 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0429
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 xpdf 2.02-14.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 xpdf 3.00-20.el4, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_7.4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-13.el4, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0430
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) cups 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, tetex 3.0-33.8.el5_5.5, cups-lpd 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, cups-libs 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, kdegraphics 3.5.4-12.el5_3, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0429
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 xpdf 3.00-20.el4, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_7.4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-13.el4, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0430
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cups 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, cups-lpd 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, cups-libs 1.3.7-8.el5_3.4, poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, kdegraphics 3.5.4-12.el5_3, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0429
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 xpdf 2.02-14.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 xpdf 3.00-20.el4, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_7.4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-13.el4, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0430
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) kdegraphics 3.5.4-12.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0431
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 xpdf 2.02-14.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 xpdf 3.00-20.el4, gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_7.4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-13.el4, tetex 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, tetex-afm 2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16, cups 1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0430

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Exploit prediction

3.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.