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CVE-2009-0165: Foolabs Xpdf: Buffer overflow

CVE-2009-0165 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Foolabs Xpdf, along with 1 other product in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

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."

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Foolabs Xpdf: 0.5a; 0.7a; 0.91a; 0.91b; 0.91c; 0.92a; 0.92b; 0.92c; 0.92d; 0.92e; 0.93a; 0.93b
  • Glyphandcog Xpdfreader: up to and including 3.02; 0.2; 0.3; 0.4; 0.5; 0.6; 0.7; 0.80; 0.90; 0.91; 0.92; 0.93

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