Name: CVE-2009-3938: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2009-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2009-3938, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.03449

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade poppler	Jul 30, 2024	Nov 13, 2009
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-text/poppler.	Oct 30, 2017	Nov 13, 2009
Suse	—	Upgrade libpoppler-qt4-3Upgrade poppler-toolsUpgrade libpoppler-glib4Upgrade libpoppler4	Feb 17, 2015	Jul 9, 2013

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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