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 to 0.15.1, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.56% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- poppler/poppler
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=bf2055088a3a2d3bb3d3c37d464954ec1a25771f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049545.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42357
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639356
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=bf2055088a3a2d3bb3d3c37d464954ec1a25771f
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049545.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42357
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639356
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.