CVE-2009-3938
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.3% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3909)
- Published
- November 13, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3909 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680(Exploit)
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit(Patch)
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37333(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36976
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54215
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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