CVE-2010-3703

The PostScriptFunction::PostScriptFunction function in poppler/Function.cc in the PDF parser in poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to 0.15.1, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a PDF file that triggers an uninitialized pointer dereference.

Published: 2010-11-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2010-3703 is rated Moderate Risk (44.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.14%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-3703

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-07 1.02% 1.14% +0.12%
2 2025-03-30 2.57% 1.02% -1.56%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.57% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3703

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3703

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3703

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-3703 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (poppler, xpdf), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3703
gentoo normal CVE-2010-3703: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-03), 1 atom(s) (app-text/poppler); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-3703
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3703
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-3703 medium priority: Ubuntu including 11 source packages (gpdf, ipe, …), 407 status rows across 37 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, jammy, jaunty, karmic, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, maverick, natty, noble, oneiric, oracular, plucky, precise, quantal, questing, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 204 (5 distinct statuses). https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3703

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3703

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
poppler poppler 0.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.13.3 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.13.4 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.14.5 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
poppler poppler 0.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3703

URL Tags
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=bf2055088a3a2d3bb3d3c37d464954ec1a25771f
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049545.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42357
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=639356
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