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CVE-2009-0166

First published: Tue Mar 17 2009(Updated: )

A security flaw was found in the JBIG2 decoder (possibility of freeing of uninitialized memory). An attacker could use this flaw to potentially cause a denial of service (application crash). Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank Braden Thomas and Drew Yao of the Apple Product Security team for responsibly reporting this flaw.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Xpdf=0.91c
Xpdf=0.91b
Xpdf=0.93b
Xpdf=1.00a
Xpdf=0.91a
Xpdf=0.92e
Xpdf=0.5a
Xpdf=0.92b
Xpdf=0.93c
Xpdf=0.92c
Xpdf=0.7a
Xpdf=0.93a
Xpdf=0.92d
Xpdf=0.92a
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=0.80
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=0.90
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=1.00
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=1.01
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=2.00
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=2.01
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=2.03
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=3.00
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=3.01
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=0.7
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=0.91
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=0.92
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=0.93
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader=2.02
Glyph & Cog XpdfReader<=3.02
Poppler Utilities=0.7.3
Poppler Utilities=0.3.2
Poppler Utilities=0.10.3
Poppler Utilities=0.4.0
Poppler Utilities=0.8.5
Poppler Utilities=0.9.3
Poppler Utilities=0.10.1
Poppler Utilities=0.10.0
Poppler Utilities=0.7.1
Poppler Utilities=0.6.1
Poppler Utilities=0.3.1
Poppler Utilities=0.5.2
Poppler Utilities=0.5.91
Poppler Utilities=0.6.0
Poppler Utilities=0.3.3
Poppler Utilities=0.4.2
Poppler Utilities=0.10.4
Poppler Utilities=0.9.2
Poppler Utilities=0.6.4
Poppler Utilities=0.1.2
Poppler Utilities=0.8.0
Poppler Utilities=0.8.3
Poppler Utilities=0.7.0
Poppler Utilities=0.7.2
Poppler Utilities=0.5.0
Poppler Utilities=0.8.6
Poppler Utilities=0.5.9
Poppler Utilities=0.5.90
Poppler Utilities=0.6.3
Poppler Utilities=0.2.0
Poppler Utilities=0.8.4
Poppler Utilities=0.5.4
Poppler Utilities=0.1.1
Poppler Utilities=0.9.0
Poppler Utilities=0.4.1
Poppler Utilities=0.5.3
Poppler Utilities<=0.10.5
Poppler Utilities=0.4.4
Poppler Utilities=0.8.7
Poppler Utilities=0.9.1
Poppler Utilities=0.3.0
Poppler Utilities=0.1
Poppler Utilities=0.6.2
Poppler Utilities=0.10.2
Poppler Utilities=0.4.3
Poppler Utilities=0.8.1
Poppler Utilities=0.5.1
Poppler Utilities=0.8.2
CUPS=1.1.20
CUPS=1.1.5-2
CUPS=1.1.14
CUPS=1.1.6-1
CUPS=1.1.18
CUPS=1.1.12
CUPS=1.3.11
CUPS=1.1.5-1
CUPS=1.3.3
CUPS=1.1.22
CUPS=1.2.0
CUPS=1.1.16
CUPS=1.3.1
CUPS=1.1.23-rc1
CUPS=1.1.20-rc1
CUPS=1.1.15
CUPS=1.1.17
CUPS=1.1.20-rc6
CUPS=1.2.4
CUPS=1.1.19-rc1
CUPS=1.3.2
CUPS=1.1.22-rc1
CUPS=1.1.7
CUPS=1.1.6-2
CUPS=1.1.3
CUPS=1.2.3
CUPS=1.1.21
CUPS=1.2.9
CUPS=1.2.10
CUPS=1.1.4
CUPS=1.1.23
CUPS=1.2.6
CUPS=1.3.8
CUPS=1.1.20-rc4
CUPS=1.1.19
CUPS=1.1
CUPS=1.3.4
CUPS=1.1.8
CUPS=1.1.5
CUPS=1.2.1
CUPS=1.1.2
CUPS=1.3.10
CUPS=1.1.13
CUPS=1.1.19-rc4
CUPS=1.1.9-1
CUPS=1.2.12
CUPS=1.1.21-rc2
CUPS=1.2.7
CUPS=1.1.6-3
CUPS=1.1.20-rc5
CUPS=1.1.9
CUPS=1.3.7
CUPS=1.1.19-rc5
CUPS<=1.3.9
CUPS=1.1.1
CUPS=1.2.8
CUPS=1.2.2
CUPS=1.1.10
CUPS=1.2.11
CUPS=1.1.22-rc2
CUPS=1.1.21-rc1
CUPS=1.1.11
CUPS=1.1.19-rc3
CUPS=1.1.6
CUPS=1.1.10-1
CUPS=1.3.0
CUPS=1.3.5
CUPS=1.3.6
CUPS=1.1.20-rc2
CUPS=1.1.20-rc3
CUPS=1.2.5
CUPS=1.1.19-rc2

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2009-0166?

    CVE-2009-0166 has a medium severity rating due to the potential for denial of service caused by the JBIG2 decoder flaw.

  • How do I fix CVE-2009-0166?

    To fix CVE-2009-0166, users should update to the latest patched version of affected software that addresses this vulnerability.

  • What are the affected versions in CVE-2009-0166?

    CVE-2009-0166 affects various versions of Xpdf, Glyph & Cog XpdfReader, and Poppler prior to version 0.10.5.

  • Can CVE-2009-0166 cause application crashes?

    Yes, CVE-2009-0166 can potentially cause application crashes due to the freeing of uninitialized memory in the JBIG2 decoder.

  • Is CVE-2009-0166 specific to any particular operating systems?

    CVE-2009-0166 is not limited to a specific operating system but affects multiple implementations of the decoding libraries across different platforms.

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