First published: Thu Apr 23 2009(Updated: )
Integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoder in Xpdf 3.02pl2 and earlier, as used in Poppler and other products, when running on Mac OS X, has unspecified impact, related to "g*allocn."
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Xpdf | =0.5a | |
Xpdf | =0.7a | |
Xpdf | =0.91a | |
Xpdf | =0.91b | |
Xpdf | =0.91c | |
Xpdf | =0.92a | |
Xpdf | =0.92b | |
Xpdf | =0.92c | |
Xpdf | =0.92d | |
Xpdf | =0.92e | |
Xpdf | =0.93a | |
Xpdf | =0.93b | |
Xpdf | =0.93c | |
Xpdf | =1.00a | |
Xpdf | =3.0.1 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | <=3.02 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.2 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.3 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.4 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.5 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.6 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.7 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.80 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.90 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.91 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.92 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =0.93 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =1.00 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =1.01 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =2.00 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =2.01 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =2.02 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =2.03 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =3.00 | |
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader | =3.01 | |
Poppler Data |
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The severity of CVE-2009-0165 is considered to be relatively high due to its potential for exploitation in specific environments.
To fix CVE-2009-0165, upgrade to a version of Xpdf or XpdfReader that is newer than 3.02, as these versions contain the necessary patches.
CVE-2009-0165 can potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service on affected systems via specially crafted files.
Affected versions of Xpdf include 0.5a, 0.7a, 0.91a, 0.91b, 0.91c, 0.92a, 0.92b, 0.92c, 0.92d, 0.92e, 0.93a, 0.93b, 0.93c, and all versions up to 3.02.
No, the Poppler library itself is not affected by CVE-2009-0165 as it does not contain the vulnerable JBIG2 decoder.