poppler: uninitialized memory read flaw
Published Apr 9, 2013
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.58%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.22.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
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:P/I:P/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 | 2.58% (0.02578) | 84.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02578) | 83.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.79% (0.02786) | 84.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.60% (0.06598) | 84.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.79% (0.02786) | 85.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.31% (0.01305) | 86.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2024 | 1.36% (0.01365) | 86.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 8, 2023 | 1.36% (0.01365) | 84.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.42% (0.01418) | 84.42th | 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) |
References (14)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=b1026b5978c385328f2a15a2185c599a563edf91 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.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2719 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:143 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- 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-2013-1790 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917111 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1790
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1790
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