CVE-2009-3938 Information

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.

Reference

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