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CVE-2009-0146

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0146 describes multiple buffer overflows in the JBIG2 decoder within Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and related products. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted PDF file. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity and requires user interaction, leading to a potential impact of system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.7aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.91aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.91bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.91cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: xpdf-1:2.02-14.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.27.el4_7.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xpdf-1:3.00-20.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdegraphics-7:3.3.1-13.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: gpdf-0:2.8.2-7.7.2.el4_7.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: tetex-0:2.0.2-22.0.1.EL4.16
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.3.7-8.el5_3.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kdegraphics-7:3.5.4-12.el5_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: poppler-0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tetex-0:3.0-33.8.el5_5.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0146Important

xpdf: Multiple buffer overflows in JBIG2 decoder (setBitmap, readSymbolDictSeg) (CVE-2009-0195)

Apr 16, 2009

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0458.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/34291
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34481
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34755
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34756
secunia.com / advisories/34852
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34959
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34963
secunia.com / advisories/34991
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35037
secunia.com / advisories/35064
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35065
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35074
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35618
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35685
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200904-20.xml
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9632
support.apple.com / kb/HT3549
support.apple.com / kb/HT3639
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00567.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01277.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01291.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0061
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1790
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1793
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0429.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0430.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0431.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0480.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502750/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34568
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1065
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1066
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1077
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1297
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1621
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1040
Vendor Advisory