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CVE-2009-0756 json

The JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF…

published 2009-03-03 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0756

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.1%
EPSS 10.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file that triggers a parsing error, which is not properly handled by JBIG2SymbolDict::~JBIG2SymbolDict and triggers an invalid memory dereference.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0756

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-2009-0756 updated

poppler/evince: DoS via crafted PDF file

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32800)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

10.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32800 Poppler 0.10.3 - Denial of Service dos, 2009-02-12
  • lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004403.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.freedesktop.org http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19702 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

References

Sources

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