CVE-2009-3938

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3938
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-13 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
23074 – buffer overflow in the Abiword backend af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.freedesktop.org Exploit
Poppler 'ABWOutputDev.cc' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1941-1 poppler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:175 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Poppler "pdftoabw" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#534680 - libpoppler4: buffer overflow in the Abiword backend - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
Attachment 30599 Details for Bug 23074 – Fix described issue, and other similar ones af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.freedesktop.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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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