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CVE-2009-3938

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2009-11-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Poppler Poppler

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References