Is CVE-2010-3702 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-3702 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-3702?

CVE-2010-3702 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2010-3702

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD

The Gfx::getPos function in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5, poppler 0.8.7 and possibly other versions up to 0.15.1, CUPS, kdegraphics, and possibly other products allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors that trigger an uninitialized pointer dereference.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 2.8% (86th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-3685)
Published: November 5, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3685 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / cups
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
freedesktop / poppler
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
xpdfreader / xpdf
xpdfreader / xpdf
xpdfreader / xpdf
xpdfreader / xpdf
xpdfreader / xpdf
xpdfreader / xpdf

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.02pl5.patch(Broken Link)
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=e853106b58d6b4b0467dbd6436c9bb1cfbd372cf(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050268.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050285.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050390.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049523.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049545.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1201.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42141(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42357(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42397(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/42691(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/43079(Third Party Advisory)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.571720(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2119(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2135(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:228(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:229(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:230(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:231(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:144(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-3702_CVE-2010-3704.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0749.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0750.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0751.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0752.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0753.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0754.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0755.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43845(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1005-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2897(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3097(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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