# CVE-2013-1790: poppler/Stream.cc in poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors that trigger a read

- 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/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.

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## References

- 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=917111
- 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=b1026b5978c385328f2a15a2185c599a563edf91
- 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

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