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CVE-2009-0147

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0147 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities within the JBIG2 decoder used by Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and related products. These flaws, specifically in functions like readSymbolDictSeg and readGenericBitmap, allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by providing a specially crafted PDF file. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium complexity to exploit over a network, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xpdf-1:3.00-20.el4
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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
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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
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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-2009-0147Important

xpdf: Multiple integer overflows in JBIG2 decoder

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
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34852
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34959
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34963
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34991
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35037
Vendor Advisory
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%3A9941
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