CVE-2009-3938

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2009-3938 · Published 13/11/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-3938 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting poppler (poppler).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.3%, higher than 92.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
poppler poppler	`= 0.10.6= 0.12.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Exploit
bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi · Patch
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/37333 · Vendor Advisory
debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
mandriva.com/security/advisories
securityfocus.com/bid/36976
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54215

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

poppler

= 0.10.6= 0.12.0

No fix yet

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