Medium severity · published May 11, 2009
CVE-2009-1605
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,…
5.4
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.4% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
Sumatrapdf · Sumatrapdfreader
through 0.9.3; 0.1; 0.2; 0.3; 0.4; 0.5; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1605
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1605
Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0258.html
Vendor Advisory
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
bugs.ghostscript.com
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690555
cgit.ghostscript.com
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=451373e028f82fa2f1cc2a6a669df31d85c877bd
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