CVE-2009-3938

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3938
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-13 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-17 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.6 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.12.0 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.10.6 All All All
Application Poppler Poppler 0.12.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
23074 – buffer overflow in the Abiword backend CONFIRM bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1941-1 poppler DEBIAN www.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:175 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Attachment 30599 Details for Bug 23074 – Fix described issue, and other similar ones MISC bugs.freedesktop.org Patch
Poppler "pdftoabw" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Poppler 'ABWOutputDev.cc' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
#534680 - libpoppler4: buffer overflow in the Abiword backend - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Exploit
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-11-23Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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