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CVE-2008-1693

The CairoFont::create function in CairoFontEngine.cc in Poppler, possibly before 0.8.0, as used in Xpdf, Evince, ePDFview, KWord, and other applications, does not properly handle embedded fonts in PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font object, related to dereferencing a function pointer associated with the type of this font object.

Published

2008-04-18T15:05:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application poppler poppler ≤ 0.7.3 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.1 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.1.1 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.1.2 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.2.0 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.3.0 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.3.1 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.3.2 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.3.3 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.4.0 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.4.1 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.4.2 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.4.3 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.4.4 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.5.0 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.5.1 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.5.2 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.5.3 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.5.4 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.5.9 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.5.91 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.6.0 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.6.1 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.6.2 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.6.3 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.6.4 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.7.0 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.7.1 Yes
Application poppler poppler 0.7.2 Yes
References