Integer overflow in Poppler - CVE-2010-4653

 

Integer overflow in Poppler - CVE-2010-4653

Published: November 13, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30622
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4653
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler

Detailed vulnerability description

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

An integer overflow condition in poppler before 0.16.3 can occur when parsing CharCodes for fonts.


How to mitigate CVE-2010-4653

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources