# CVE-2013-1788: poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vector

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-04-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger an "invalid memory access" in (1) splash/Splash.cc, (2) poppler/Function.cc, and (3) poppler/Stream.cc.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=957aa252912cde85d76c41e9710b33425a82b696
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100090.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:143
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100081.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1785-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917108
- http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1507
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2719
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=0388837f01bc467045164f9ddaff787000a8caaa
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52846
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/4
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=e14b6e9c13d35c9bd1e0c50906ace8e707816888
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=bbc2d8918fe234b7ef2c480eb148943922cc0959
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?h=poppler-0.22&id=8b6dc55e530b2f5ede6b9dfb64aafdd1d5836492

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