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CVE-2009-3605

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3605 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in Poppler versions 0.10.5 and earlier, affecting various core components. These flaws can be triggered by remote attackers using specially crafted PDF files. The vulnerabilities carry a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity risk, with potential for denial of service (application crash) or arbitrary code execution, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious PDF). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified for this vulnerability.

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

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0441 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3605Moderate

xpdf: multiple integer overflows

May 19, 2009

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/commit
cgit.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/commit
cgit.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/commit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
bugs.launchpad.net / bugs/cve/2009-3605
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/37114
Vendor Advisory
launchpad.net / ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.4.diff.gz
launchpad.net / ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.8.7-1ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7731
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-850-1