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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-1605 · published 11 May 2009

CVE-2009-1605: Sumatrapdfreader sumatrapdf memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Sumatrapdfreader · Sumatrapdf

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadexponentialfunc function in mupdf/pdf_function.c in MuPDF in the mupdf-20090223-win32 package, as used in SumatraPDF 0.9.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 3.4% · top 11.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 9.3
3.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadexponentialfunc function in mupdf/pdf_function.c in MuPDF in the mupdf-20090223-win32 package, as used in SumatraPDF 0.9.3 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34916 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186 Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690555
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=451373e028f82fa2f1cc2a6a669df31d85c877bd
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34916 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-1605), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.