Buffer overflow in Freedesktop Poppler

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU32692

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1790

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 0.22.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop_org:poppler:0.22.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

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

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted website or open a file.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.