CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-3938
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-11-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Buffer overflow in the ABWOutputDev::endWord function in poppler/ABWOutputDev.cc in Poppler (aka libpoppler) 0.10.6, 0.12.0, and possibly other versions, as used by the Abiword pdftoabw utility, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file.
Affected configurations
• poppler poppler 0.10.6
• poppler poppler 0.12.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680 Exploit
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit Patch
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074 Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37333 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36976 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54215 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680 Exploit
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit Patch
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074 Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37333 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941 www.debian.org
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36976 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54215 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com