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CVE-2009-1187 json

Integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoding feature in Poppler before 0.10.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and po…

published 2009-04-23 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1187

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.2%
EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoding feature in Poppler before 0.10.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to CairoOutputDev (CairoOutputDev.cc).

Patch / fix

  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.10.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1187

  • poppler RHEL 5 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9
  • poppler-utils RHEL 5 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0480

  • 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-2009-1187 updated cvss 6.8

poppler CairoOutputDev integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0480

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

7.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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