CVE-2009-0755

poppler < 0.10.4 - Denial of Service via Invalid Form Opt Entry

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2009-0755.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided content is a description of a vulnerability (CVE-2009-0755) in Poppler, but it lacks actual exploit code. Instead, it references an external download link for a PDF file, which is a common tactic in suspicious repositories.

Description

The FormWidgetChoice::loadDefaults function in Poppler before 0.10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file with an invalid Form Opt entry.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb SUSPICIOUS
doslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32800

The provided content is a description of a vulnerability (CVE-2009-0755) in Poppler, but it lacks actual exploit code. Instead, it references an external download link for a PDF file, which is a common tactic in suspicious repositories.

Classification
Suspicious 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Poppler versions prior to 0.10.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: A malformed PDF file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33749
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33853
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/19/2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/37114
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/13/1
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0059
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19790
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-850-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502761/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.1081
EPSS Percentile 95.3%

Details

Status published
Products (34)
poppler/poppler 0.1
poppler/poppler 0.1.1
poppler/poppler 0.1.2
poppler/poppler 0.2.0
poppler/poppler 0.3.0
poppler/poppler 0.3.1
poppler/poppler 0.3.2
poppler/poppler 0.3.3
poppler/poppler 0.4.0
poppler/poppler 0.4.1
... and 24 more
Published Mar 03, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026