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CVE-2008-2950
The Page destructor in Page.cc in libpoppler in Poppler 0.8.4...
Vulnerability Description
The Page destructor in Page.cc in libpoppler in Poppler 0.8.4 and earlier deletes a pageWidgets object even if it is not initialized by a Page constructor, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30963
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31002
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31267
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31405
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 7th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.