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CVE-2013-1790

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1790 describes a vulnerability in poppler versions prior to 0.22.1, specifically in the poppler/Stream.cc component. This flaw allows attackers to trigger a read of uninitialized memory within the CCITTFaxStream::lookChar function, potentially leading to an unspecified impact. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring network access and medium attack complexity, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.22.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0258 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: poppler
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: poppler

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1790Low

poppler: uninitialized memory read flaw

Jan 9, 2013

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / poppler/poppler/commit
ExploitPatch
j00ru.vexillium.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100081.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100090.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/52846
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1785-1
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2719
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/02/28/8