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poppler: create_surface_from_thumbnail_data integer overflow

Published Oct 21, 2009

Description

Integer overflow in the create_surface_from_thumbnail_data function in glib/poppler-page.cc in Poppler 0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Red Hat statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 21, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 9, 2009
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Oct 15, 2009