CVE-2013-1788

Poppler vulnerability

CVSS

6.8

EPSS

3.9%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Freedesktop

Affected product

Poppler

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2013-04-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-1788

Confirm whether Freedesktop Poppler is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-1788.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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