CVE-2009-3938
N/A
Published: November 13, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPoppler
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
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References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=editx_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37333Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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