CVE-2010-3704

The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5, poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to 0.15.1, kdegraphics, and possibly other products allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a PDF file with a crafted PostScript Type1 font that contains a negative array index, which bypasses input validation and triggers memory corruption.

Published: 2010-11-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-3704 is rated Moderate Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.60%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2010-3704

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 2026-06-15 1.20% 3.60% +2.40%
2 2026-06-13 1.26% 1.20% -0.06%
3 2026-05-24 1.26%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-3704

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-3704

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-3704

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-3704 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-2010-3704
gentoo normal CVE-2010-3704: 2 GLSA(s) (201310-03, 201402-17), 2 atom(s) (app-text/poppler, app-text/xpdf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-3704
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3704
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-3704 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-2010-3704

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-3704

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.5a cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.7a cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.7a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.91a cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.91b cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.91c cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.91c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.92a cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.92b cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.92c cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.92d cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.92e cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.92e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.93a cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.93b cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 0.93c cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:0.93c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 1.00a cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:1.00a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 3.02pl1 cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.02pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 3.02pl2 cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.02pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foolabs xpdf 3.02pl3 cpe:2.3:a:foolabs:xpdf:3.02pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader <= 3.02 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.80 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 2.00 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 2.01 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 2.02 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 2.03 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 3.00 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 3.01 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
glyphandcog xpdfreader 3.02 cpe:2.3:a:glyphandcog:xpdfreader:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdegraphics cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-3704

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl5.patch Patch
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=39d140bfc0b8239bdd96d6a55842034ae5c05473 Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050268.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050285.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050390.html
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/2010-11/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42141
http://secunia.com/advisories/42357
http://secunia.com/advisories/42397
http://secunia.com/advisories/42691
http://secunia.com/advisories/43079
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2119
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2135
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:228
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:229
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:230
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-3702_CVE-2010-3704.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0749.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0751.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0752.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0753.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43841
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2897
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638960
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