DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3938

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3938
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JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3938
Upstream
Published
2009-11-13T16:30:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:12:13.137941Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}