Multiple vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler



| Updated: 2020-07-17
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2010-4653
CVE-2010-4654
CWE-ID CWE-190
CWE-74
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Poppler
Client/Desktop applications / Office applications

Vendor Freedesktop.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU30622

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4653

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

An integer overflow condition in poppler before 0.16.3 can occur when parsing CharCodes for fonts.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 0.16.0 - 0.16.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-03.xml
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45948
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4653
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4653
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4653


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.

2) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

EUVDB-ID: #VU30623

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4654

CWE-ID: CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

poppler before 0.16.3 has malformed commands that may cause corruption of the internal stack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Poppler: 0.16.0 - 0.16.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-03.xml
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4654
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4654
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4654


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

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.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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