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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0756 · published 3 March 2009

CVE-2009-0756: Poppler vulnerability

Poppler · Poppler

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.5%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19702 Exploit
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004403.html Exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33853 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19702 Exploit
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004403.html Exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33853 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0756), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.