CVE-2009-3938 (GCVE-0-2009-3938)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-11-13 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 06:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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