CVE-2013-1790

Public Exploit

Description

poppler/Stream.cc in poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors that trigger a read of uninitialized memory by the CCITTFaxStream::lookChar function.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.79% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100090.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:143 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100081.html vendor advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1785-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917111
http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1507
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2719 vendor advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=b1026b5978c385328f2a15a2185c599a563edf91 patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/52846 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/8 mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/4 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1790?
CVE-2013-1790 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1790?
To fix CVE-2013-1790, 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-2013-1790 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-1790 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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