CVE-2013-1788

medium
Published 2013-04-09 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.18.4-6
debian debianbullseyefixed0.18.4-6
debian debianforkyfixed0.18.4-6
debian debiansidfixed0.18.4-6
debian debiantrixiefixed0.18.4-6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
freedesktoppoppler{"endIncluding":"0.22.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.