# CVE-2010-3704: The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5, poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to

- 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 FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5, poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to 0.15.1, kdegraphics, and possibly other products allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a crafted PostScript Type1 font that contains a negative array index, which bypasses input validation and triggers memory corruption.

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050285.html
- 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
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:228
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0752.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-3702_CVE-2010-3704.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638960
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:230
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=39d140bfc0b8239bdd96d6a55842034ae5c05473
- ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl5.patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050390.html
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0751.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42141
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1

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