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CVE-2009-4035

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4035 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the FoFiType1::parse function within Xpdf, gpdf, and kpdf, affecting various versions. This flaw allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious PDF file with a specially designed Type 1 font, triggering a signed-to-unsigned integer conversion error. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it necessitates medium attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gpdf:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kpdf:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0379 is in the 50th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xpdf-1:3.00-23.el4_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gpdf-0:2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_8.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdegraphics-7:3.3.1-17.el4_8.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-4035Important

xpdf: buffer overflow in FoFiType1::parse

Dec 16, 2009

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/diff/fofi/FoFiType1.cc
cgit.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/tree/fofi/FoFiType1.cc
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/37641
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37781
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37787
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37793
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/54831
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10996
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1680.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1681.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1682.html
securityfocus.com / bid/37350
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3555
Vendor Advisory