CVE-2013-1790: freedesktop poppler

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1790 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in freedesktop poppler. EPSS estimates a 2.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 09-04-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.