poppler: use of initialized pointer in PostScriptFunction
Published Nov 5, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.56%
Description
The PostScriptFunction::PostScriptFunction function in poppler/Function.cc in the PDF parser in poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to 0.15.1, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file that triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8.7
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10.0
- 0.10.1
- 0.10.2
- 0.10.3
- 0.10.4
- 0.10.5
- 0.10.6
- 0.10.7
- 0.11.0
- 0.11.1
- 0.11.2
- 0.11.3
- 0.12.0
- 0.12.1
- 0.12.2
- 0.12.3
- 0.12.4
- 0.13.0
- 0.13.1
- 0.13.2
- 0.13.3
- 0.13.4
- 0.14.0
- 0.14.1
- 0.14.2
- 0.14.3
- 0.14.4
- 0.14.5
- 0.15.0
- 0.15.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler-0:0.12.4-3.el6_0.1
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0859
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler-0:0.12.4-3.el6_0.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0859 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02561) | 84.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02561) | 83.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01017) | 75.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.57% (0.02575) | 75.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.02% (0.01017) | 75.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01090) | 85.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 1.09% (0.01090) | 84.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.09% (0.01090) | 82.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=bf2055088a3a2d3bb3d3c37d464954ec1a25771f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049545.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42357 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3703 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639356 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3703
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3703
Change history (0)
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