6.8

CVE-2009-0791: apple cups Numeric Errors

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-0791
Published 09-06-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0791 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in apple cups. EPSS estimates a 5.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10
RHSA-2009:0480RHSA-2009:1083RHSA-2009:1500RHSA-2009:1501RHSA-2009:1502RHSA-2009:1503

Timeline

  1. 09-06-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Xpdf 2.x and 3.x and Poppler 0.x, as used in the pdftops filter in CUPS 1.1.17, 1.1.22, and 1.3.7, GPdf, and kdegraphics KPDF, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly related to (1) Decrypt.cxx, (2) FoFiTrueType.cxx, (3) gmem.c, (4) JBIG2Stream.cxx, and (5) PSOutputDev.cxx in pdftops/. NOTE: the JBIG2Stream.cxx vector may overlap CVE-2009-1179.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.54% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apple1 product
  • cups1.1.17 | 1.1.22 | 1.3.7
Debian1 product
  • cups< 1.3.10-1

2 vendors · 2 products

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