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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2009-0756 EUVD-2009-0756GHSA-fm5j-vjr3-jf4v

The JBIG2Stream::readSymbolDictSeg function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF…

Published Mar 3, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: poppler Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 poppler 0.10.6-1 —
Debian 13 poppler 0.10.6-1 —
Debian 12 poppler 0.10.6-1 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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