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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- POPPLER
- Published
- 11/13/2009
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
poppler : popplerpoppler : poppler
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