CVE-2009-3938

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-11-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Poppler: 0.10.6, 0.12.0

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074
http://secunia.com/advisories/37333
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36976
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54215
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074

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