CVE-2009-3938

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2009-3938

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2009-11-13T16:30:00

Last Modified Date
2017-08-17T01:31:20

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.6:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.12.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/37333	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36976
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit	Patch
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074	Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680	Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227	Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54215

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3938
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3938

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:59:51				Added to TrackCVE