CVE-2008-1693
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 18, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 8, 2008
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 29869third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:011vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:173vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11226vdb-entrysignature
- ADV-2008-1265vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2008:089vendor-advisory
- 29884third-party-advisory
- 30019third-party-advisory
- 29885third-party-advisory
- 1019893vdb-entry
- 28830vdb-entry
- 29853third-party-advisory
- 29851third-party-advisory
- 29816third-party-advisory
- MDVSA-2008:197vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0239vendor-advisory
- DSA-1548vendor-advisory
- DSA-1606vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0240vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200804-18vendor-advisory
- 29868third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1266vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:0262vendor-advisory
- 31035third-party-advisory
- xpdf-pdf-code-execution(41884)vdb-entry
- 30033third-party-advisory
- 29836third-party-advisory
- 29834third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0238vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-3312vendor-advisory
- USN-603-2vendor-advisory
- USN-603-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:013vendor-advisory
- 30717third-party-advisory
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