poppler/evince: DoS via crafted PDF file
Published Mar 3, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.81%
Description
The FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file with an invalid Form Opt entry.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.10.3
- 0.1
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.2.0
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.4
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.9
- 0.5.90
- 0.5.91
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.8.4
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of poppler, xpdf, gpdf and kdegraphics as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 10.81% (0.10806) | 95.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.81% (0.10806) | 95.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 24.44% (0.24435) | 96.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 19, 2025 | 23.18% (0.23185) | 95.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 21.77% (0.21765) | 95.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 28.71% (0.28712) | 94.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 21.77% (0.21765) | 95.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 9, 2025 | 19.28% (0.19278) | 96.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.13% (0.18125) | 96.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 11.41% (0.11408) | 95.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.67% (0.10668) | 94.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (17)
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19790 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/poppler/2009-January/004406.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33853 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37114 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0755 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488337 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0755
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0755
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