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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4654
CWE-ID: CWE-74
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2010-4654

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources