CVE-2010-3703

Description

The PostScriptFunction::PostScriptFunction function in poppler/Function.cc in the PDF parser in poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to 0.15.1, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file that triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.02% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6 mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/42357 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639356
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231 vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049545.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=bf2055088a3a2d3bb3d3c37d464954ec1a25771f

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-3703?
CVE-2010-3703 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-3703?
To fix CVE-2010-3703, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-3703 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-3703 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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