CVE-2009-1605

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.21% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34916 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.html exploit mailing list
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690555
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=451373e028f82fa2f1cc2a6a669df31d85c877bd

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1605?
CVE-2009-1605 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1605?
To fix CVE-2009-1605, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1605 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-1605 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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