# CVE-2010-3703: The PostScriptFunction::PostScriptFunction function in poppler/Function.cc in the PDF parser in poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-11-05 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42357
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639356
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049545.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=bf2055088a3a2d3bb3d3c37d464954ec1a25771f

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