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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-3603 json

Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1 might allow remote attacke…

published 2009-10-21 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3584

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1188.

Patch / fix

  • xpdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.02-2
  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.12.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3603

  • poppler RHEL 5 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11
  • poppler-utils RHEL 5 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1504

  • kdegraphics3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.5.10-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10352-1

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-2009-3603 updated cvss 6.8

xpdf/poppler: SplashBitmap:: SplashBitmap integer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_4.11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1504

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

8.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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