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CVE-2009-1188

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1188 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the JBIG2 decoding feature of Xpdf and Poppler, affecting applications like GPdf and KPDF. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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
7.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0723 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xpdf-1:3.00-22.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_8.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kdegraphics-7:3.3.1-15.el4_8.2
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: kdegraphics-7:3.5.4-15.el5_4.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-1188Important

xpdf/poppler: SplashBitmap integer overflow

Apr 16, 2009

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html
poppler.freedesktop.org / releases.html
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/361875
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/34746
secunia.com / advisories/35064
secunia.com / advisories/35618
secunia.com / advisories/37028
secunia.com / advisories/37037
secunia.com / advisories/37043
secunia.com / advisories/37053
secunia.com / advisories/37077
secunia.com / advisories/37079
secunia.com / advisories/39327
secunia.com / advisories/39938
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50185
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9957
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html
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
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2028
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2050
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/2009/2928
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0802
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1040
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1220