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CVE-2009-1605

Heap-based buffer overflow in the loadexponentialfunc function in mupdf/pdf_function.c in MuPDF in the mupdf-20090223-wi

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 0.0704
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  • EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
sumatrapdfreader sumatrapdf<= 0.9.3
sumatrapdfreader sumatrapdfall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0258.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
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Scoring & Timeline

5.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD11 May 2009 · 08:00 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/34916Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1185Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1186Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690555
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=451373e028f82fa2f1cc2a6a669df31d85c877bd
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