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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, ePDFvie

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.07598
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

2
poppler<= 0.7.3
popplerall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@ubuntu.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD18 Apr 2008 · 03:05 PM
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10707-1
usnUSN-603-2
usnUSN-603-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0240Important
rhsaRHSA-2008:0262Important
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References & Sources

34
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29816
http://secunia.com/advisories/29834
http://secunia.com/advisories/29836
http://secunia.com/advisories/29851
http://secunia.com/advisories/29853
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