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CVE-2009-3938

Published: Nov 13, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
5.3%
Top 8.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

poppler
oss-projectaka poppler-utils
popplerLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680
bugs.debian.org
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit
bugs.freedesktop.org
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074
bugs.freedesktop.org
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