CVE-2009-0166 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the JBIG2 decoder affecting Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, CUPS 1.3.9 and earlier, and other products like Apple and Poppler. An attacker can trigger a crash by providing a specially crafted PDF file that causes the software to free uninitialized memory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring no authentication and being network-exploitable. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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