CVE-2009-1187

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-04-16
CWE:
CWE-190
Bugzilla:
495906: CVE-2009-1187 poppler CairoOutputDev integer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer overflow in the JBIG2 decoding feature in Poppler before 0.10.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to CairoOutputDev (CairoOutputDev.cc).

Find out more about CVE-2009-1187 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (poppler) RHSA-2009:0480 2009-05-13

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Will Dormann of the CERT/CC for responsibly reporting this flaw.

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