CVE-2009-3938
Published Nov 13, 2009
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.8
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Configurations
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