What is CVE-2010-3704?

CVE-2010-3704 is a vulnerability in Foolabs Xpdf, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2010-11-05.

Is CVE-2010-3704 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Foolabs Xpdf

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2010-11-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.5th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Foolabs Xpdf — versions 3.02pl1, 3.0.1, 1.00a
Glyphandcog Xpdfreader — versions 0.92, 0.91, 1.00
KDE Kdegraphics
Poppler — versions 0.13.2, 0.14.4, 0.10.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050285.html (vendor-advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/04/6 (mailing-list)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049392.html (vendor-advisory)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0859.html (vendor-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/42357 (third-party-advisory)
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230 (vdb-entry)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0752.html (vendor-advisory)
www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-3702_CVE-2010-3704.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-3704?: CVE-2010-3704 is a vulnerability in Foolabs Xpdf, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2010-11-05.
Is CVE-2010-3704 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.