CVE-2009-3603

NameCVE-2009-3603
DescriptionInteger overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12.1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2009-1188.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1941-1, DSA-2028-1, DSA-2050-1
Debian Bugs551287, 551289, 551290

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
poppler (PTS)buster0.71.0-5fixed
buster (security)0.71.0-5+deb10u3fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1fixed
trixie, bookworm22.12.0-2fixed
sid22.12.0-2.2fixed
xpdf (PTS)buster3.04-13fixed
bullseye3.04+git20210103-3fixed
bookworm3.04+git20220601-1fixed
sid, trixie3.04+git20240202-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kdegraphicssourcelenny4:3.5.9-3+lenny3DSA-2050-1
kdegraphicssource(unstable)4:4.0medium551290
popplersourcelenny0.8.7-3DSA-1941-1
popplersource(unstable)0.12.2-1medium551289
swftoolssource(unstable)0.9.2+ds1-2
xpdfsourcelenny3.02-1.4+lenny2DSA-2028-1
xpdfsource(unstable)3.02-2medium551287

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