SB2013040904 - Denial of service in Poppler

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SB2013040904 - Denial of service in Poppler

Published: April 9, 2013 Updated: October 31, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2013040904
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1789)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the Splash::arbitraryTransformMask(),  Splash::blitMask(), and Splash::scaleMaskYuXu() functions. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted file and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References