CVE-2009-3938 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-3938

Buffer overflow in the ABWOutputDev::endWord function in poppler/ABWOutputDev.cc in Poppler...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

poppler
Vulnerable Versions:
0.10.6, 0.12.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 13th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.