CVE-2009-3938

Name	CVE-2009-3938
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1941-1
Debian Bugs	534680

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
poppler (PTS)	buster	0.71.0-5	fixed
	bullseye	20.09.0-3.1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	22.02.0-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
poppler	source	etch	(not affected)
poppler	source	lenny	0.8.7-3		DSA-1941-1
poppler	source	(unstable)	0.12.2-2.1	low		534680

[etch] - poppler <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)