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 other versions, as used by the Abiword pdftoabw utility,
02 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,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-11-13 16:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c6037e07c9faebd665bb2e72c010dcbf9ee5356c751ba92b9ee767fe29ed6a5f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-1941http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttp://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:175http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
- www.securityfocus.com36976http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36976
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttp://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compoppler-abwoutputdev-bo(54215)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54215
- secunia.com37333http://secunia.com/advisories/37333
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3227http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- poppler Fixed in 0.12.2-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- poppler Fixed in 0.12.2-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- poppler Fixed in 0.12.2-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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