Out-of-Bounds Affecting poppler package, versions <0.12.2-2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.32% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-POPPLER-18496153
  • published1 Aug 2026
  • disclosed13 Nov 2009

Introduced: 13 Nov 2009

CVE-2009-3938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest poppler to version 0.12.2-2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Base Scores

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