Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in Poppler - CVE-2010-4654

 

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in Poppler - CVE-2010-4654

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30623
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4654
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

poppler before 0.16.3 has malformed commands that may cause corruption of the internal stack.


Affected software

Poppler

How to mitigate CVE-2010-4654

Install update from vendor's website.

Poppler - update to 0.16.3

External References

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