CVE-2009-3938: 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…

PriorityP431medium6.8CVSS 2.0

AVNACMAuNCPIPAP

EPSS

5.32%

91.6th percentile

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

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	poppler	< poppler 0.12.2-2.1 (bookworm)	poppler 0.12.2-2.1 (bookworm)
freedesktop	poppler	>= 0 < 0.12.2-2.1	0.12.2-2.1
freedesktop	poppler	>= 0 < 0.12.2-2.1	0.12.2-2.1
freedesktop	poppler	>= 0 < 0.12.2-2.1	0.12.2-2.1
freedesktop	poppler	>= 0 < 0.12.2-2.1	0.12.2-2.1
poppler	poppler	—	—
poppler	poppler	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv6.8MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.8LOW

vendor_redhat6.8MEDIUM

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