Vulnerability CVE-2009-3938
Published: 2009-11-13   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Poppler -> Poppler 

 References:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=30599&action=edit
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54215
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3227
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36976
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:175
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
http://secunia.com/advisories/37333
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23074
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534680
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