CVE-2010-3702 Null dereference in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crash in PDF parsing libraries by triggering an uninitialized pointer dereference.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-3702?

CVE-2010-3702 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Cups, published on 5 Nov 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Gfx::getPos function in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5, poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to 0.15.1, CUPS, kdegraphics, and possibly other products allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger an uninitialized pointer dereference.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3702?

It affects 11 products.

Linux distribution packages (24)
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
xpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions1:2.02-19.el3
xpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::asAll versions1:2.02-19.el3
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
xpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions1:2.02-19.el3
xpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktopAll versions1:2.02-19.el3
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
xpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions1:2.02-19.el3
xpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::esAll versions1:2.02-19.el3
cups Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
cups-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions1:1.1.17-13.3.70
xpdf Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions1:2.02-19.el3
xpdf-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::wsAll versions1:2.02-19.el3

Products include Apple Cups, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Freedesktop Poppler, Opensuse Opensuse and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3702?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-3702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Apple Cups vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3702, GHSA-89fq-mfqc-jvjp, RHSA-2010:0750, RHSA-2010:0754, UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3702.

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