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title: "CVE-2013-1790\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1790

Publication date 28 February 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

poppler/Stream.cc in poppler before 0.22.1 allows context-dependent
attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors that trigger a read of
uninitialized memory by the CCITTFaxStream::lookChar function.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1790?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| poppler | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 0.20.4-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.18.4-1ubuntu3.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 0.16.7-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.12.4-0ubuntu5.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1790?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

reproducer is 1004.pdf.asan.7.3

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| poppler | * Upstream:   [?id=931](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=931051fe0bb445545355027d999515bc3d4b32ef) * Upstream:   [?id=50c](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=50c0b294d08114920a5db711876e20d991f474a6) * Upstream:   [?id=318](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=31874f2e065b0d68f726ef404de98f42489c80c7) * Upstream:   [?id=e88](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=e8822c0f3a46195ec7c6e55c556dd0c5716be742) * Upstream:   [?id=201](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=2017dbebd9afd4f172242ff8462fce739d911e64) * Upstream:   [?id=b10](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b1026b5978c385328f2a15a2185c599a563edf91) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1790)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1790)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1790)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1790)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1785-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1785-1)
+ poppler vulnerabilities
+ 2 April 2013

### Other references

* <http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1507>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1790>