poppler: Multiple null pointer de-references in the Poppler splash backend
Published Apr 9, 2013
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.38%
Description
splash/Splash.cc in poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via vectors related to the (1) Splash::arbitraryTransformMask, (2) Splash::blitMask, and (3) Splash::scaleMaskYuXu functions.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.22.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Will not fix | 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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.38% (0.02382) | 83.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.38% (0.02382) | 81.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.49% (0.02487) | 83.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.11% (0.06108) | 84.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.75% (0.01753) | 81.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.80% (0.01797) | 88.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00949) | 83.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00793) | 81.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00647) | 79.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.57% (0.00574) | 77.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.48% (0.00482) | 75.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.88% (0.01878) | 86.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | 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) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=a205e71a2dbe0c8d4f4905a76a3f79ec522eacec x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=a9b8ab4657dec65b8b86c225d12c533ad7e984e2 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1507 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100081.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100090.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52846 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1785-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1789 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917109 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1789
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1789
Change history (0)
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