Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-3608

Title: Kde Kpdf RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-3608.

CWE Category CWE-189
Published Date Oct 21, 2009
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
10.23%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-3608: Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1, as used in GPdf, kdegraphics KPDF, CUPS pdftops, and teTeX, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impacted Vendors

G
glyphandcog 1
F
foolabs 1
X
xpdf 1
F
freedesktop 1
G
gpdf_project 1
T
tug 1
T
tetex 1
K
kde 1
G
gnome 1
P
poppler 1
G
glyph_and_cog 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html http://poppler.freedesktop.org/ http://secunia.com/advisories/37028 http://secunia.com/advisories/37034 http://secunia.com/advisories/37037 http://secunia.com/advisories/37043 http://secunia.com/advisories/37051 http://secunia.com/advisories/37053 http://secunia.com/advisories/37054 http://secunia.com/advisories/37061 http://secunia.com/advisories/37077 http://secunia.com/advisories/37079 http://secunia.com/advisories/37114 http://secunia.com/advisories/37159 http://secunia.com/advisories/39327 http://secunia.com/advisories/39938 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175 http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-016.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2926 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0802 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1220 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526637 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53794 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9536 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1504.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1513.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.html ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl4.patch http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035340.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035399.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035408.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html http://poppler.freedesktop.org/ http://secunia.com/advisories/37028 http://secunia.com/advisories/37034 http://secunia.com/advisories/37037 http://secunia.com/advisories/37043 http://secunia.com/advisories/37051 http://secunia.com/advisories/37053 http://secunia.com/advisories/37054 http://secunia.com/advisories/37061 http://secunia.com/advisories/37077 http://secunia.com/advisories/37079 http://secunia.com/advisories/37114 http://secunia.com/advisories/37159 http://secunia.com/advisories/39327 http://secunia.com/advisories/39938 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023029 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-274030-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021706.1-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2028 http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2050 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:287 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:334 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175 http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-016.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/01/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36703 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-3 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2924 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2925 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2926 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2928 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0802 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1220 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526637 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53794 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9536 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1501.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1502.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1503.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1504.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1512.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1513.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00750.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00784.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-3608 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.