CVE-2010-5110 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file processed by the Poppler library, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-5110?
CVE-2010-5110 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Freedesktop Poppler, published on 29 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
DCTStream.cc in Poppler before 0.13.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5110?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freedesktop Poppler.
How do I fix CVE-2010-5110?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-5110 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5110 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freedesktop Poppler
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-5110, DLA-24-1, GHSA-gcpq-g2qm-gjvr.