CVE-2009-0756 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Poppler versions prior to 0.10.4, specifically within the JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function. An attacker can trigger a crash by providing a crafted PDF file that causes a parsing error and an invalid memory dereference. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to a potential denial of service. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-32800), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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