Description
Multiple integer overflows in Poppler 0.10.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, related to (1) glib/poppler-page.cc; (2) ArthurOutputDev.cc, (3) CairoOutputDev.cc, (4) GfxState.cc, (5) JBIG2Stream.cc, (6) PSOutputDev.cc, and (7) SplashOutputDev.cc in poppler/; and (8) SplashBitmap.cc, (9) Splash.cc, and (10) SplashFTFont.cc in splash/. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2009-0791.
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 ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | poppler | 0.12.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | poppler | 0.12.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | poppler | 0.12.2-1 | — |
| Debian 5.0 | poppler | 0.8.7-3 | DSA-1941-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1941-1 poppler - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.8.7-1ubuntu0.4.diff.gz
- SUSE-SR:2009:018 vendor-advisory
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=9cf2325fb22f812b31858e519411f57747d39bd8
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=7b2d314a61fd0e12f47c62996cb49ec0d1ba747a
- 1021706 vendor-advisory
- 37114 third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2011:175 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7731 vdb-entry signature
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/poppler_0.10.5-1ubuntu2.4.diff.gz
- 274030 vendor-advisory
- USN-850-1 vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-3605
- MDVSA-2009:334 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491840
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=284a92899602daa4a7f429e61849e794569310b5