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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 5.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
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References (9)
- DSA-1941 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 36976 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- poppler-abwoutputdev-bo(54215) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 37333 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3227 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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