CVE-2013-1788
Poppler Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description
poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger an "invalid memory access" in (1) splash/Splash.cc, (2) poppler/Function.cc, and (3) poppler/Stream.cc.
INFO
Published Date :
April 9, 2013, 8:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the poppler package to the latest version.
- Upgrade the affected packages to resolve this issue.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2013-1788.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-1788 is
associated with the following CWEs:
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-1788
weaknesses.
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CVE-2013-1788 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=0388837f01bc467045164f9ddaff787000a8caaa Added Reference http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=8b6dc55e530b2f5ede6b9dfb64aafdd1d5836492 Added Reference http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=957aa252912cde85d76c41e9710b33425a82b696 Added Reference http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=bbc2d8918fe234b7ef2c480eb148943922cc0959 Added Reference http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=e14b6e9c13d35c9bd1e0c50906ace8e707816888 Added Reference http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1507 Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100081.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100090.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/52846 Added Reference http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1785-1 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2719 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:143 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/4 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/8 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917108 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
4.14 }} -1.31%
score
0.88200
percentile