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CVE-2009-1187

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1187 describes an integer overflow vulnerability within the JBIG2 decoding feature of Poppler versions prior to 0.10.6, specifically impacting CairoOutputDev. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), it requires no authentication and has low attack complexity, leading to partial availability impact. Despite its age and a high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.10.5CPE 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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0717 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: poppler-0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_3.9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1187Important

poppler CairoOutputDev integer overflow

Apr 16, 2009

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
poppler.freedesktop.org / releases.html
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/361875
secunia.com / advisories/34746
secunia.com / advisories/35064
secunia.com / advisories/35618
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50184
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10292
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
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/196617
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0480.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34568
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1076
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1040