CVE-2009-4035 (GCVE-0-2009-4035)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-21 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:45
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in Xpdf 3.0.0, gpdf 2.8.2, kpdf in kdegraphics 3.3.1, and possibly other libraries and versions, does not check the return value of the getNextLine function, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a crafted Type 1 font that can produce a negative value, leading to a signed-to-unsigned integer conversion error and a buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
16 references
Date Public
2009-12-16 00:00
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