CVE-2009-0756 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file that triggers a parsing error, which is not properly handled by JBIG2SymbolDict::~JBIG2SymbolDict and triggers an invalid memory dereference.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.09% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| poppler | poppler |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Poppler 0.10.3 - Denial of Service | 2009-02-12 |
References
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19702
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004403.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19702
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004403.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749
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