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CVE-2009-0755

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0755 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Poppler versions prior to 0.10.4. Specifically, the FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults function can be crashed by processing a PDF file containing an invalid Form Opt entry. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be triggered remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service without impacting confidentiality or integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, an exploit for Poppler 0.10.3 is available on ExploitDB. Despite the available exploit, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32800 · Feb 12, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1081 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,703 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0755Low

poppler/evince: DoS via crafted PDF file

Jan 27, 2009

References

bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/poppler/2009-January/004406.html
Exploit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/33853
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35685
secunia.com / advisories/37114
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1941
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/33749
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-850-1