poppler: DoS due to a format string error
Published Jan 26, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.23%
Description
The JBIG2Stream::readSegments method in JBIG2Stream.cc in Poppler before 0.24.5 does not use the correct specifier within a format string, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and application crash) via a crafted PDF file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.24.3
- 0.1
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.2.0
- 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
- 0.15.2
- 0.15.3
- 0.16.0
- 0.16.1
- 0.16.2
- 0.16.3
- 0.16.4
- 0.16.5
- 0.16.6
- 0.16.7
- 0.17.0
- 0.17.1
- 0.17.2
- 0.17.3
- 0.17.4
- 0.18.0
- 0.18.1
- 0.18.2
- 0.18.3
- 0.18.4
- 0.19.0
- 0.19.1
- 0.19.2
- 0.19.3
- 0.19.4
- 0.20.0
- 0.20.1
- 0.20.2
- 0.20.3
- 0.20.4
- 0.20.5
- 0.21.0
- 0.21.1
- 0.21.2
- 0.21.3
- 0.21.4
- 0.22.0
- 0.22.1
- 0.22.2
- 0.22.3
- 0.22.4
- 0.23.0
- 0.23.1
- 0.23.2
- 0.23.3
- 0.23.4
- 0.24.0
- 0.24.1
- 0.24.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
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:L/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 | 2.23% (0.02231) | 82.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.23% (0.02231) | 80.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.89% (0.02888) | 85.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.83% (0.06827) | 85.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.89% (0.02888) | 85.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.36% (0.01356) | 86.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 1.36% (0.01356) | 84.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01130) | 82.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.23% (0.01229) | 83.22th | 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 (12)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=58e04a08afee39370283c494ee2e4e392fd3b684 x_refsource_MISC
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/125710.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/105 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/97 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56567 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56776 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7296 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048199 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90552 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7296
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7296
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=58e04a08afee39370283c494ee2e4e392fd3b684 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/125710.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/105 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/97 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56567 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56776 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-21.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7296 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048199 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90552 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7296 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7296 |
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