CVE-2008-2950
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 15.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-07-07 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 34fcf997bb7c4d898bc6042f6011b2203ce448cdfa9e3d98d7c3813e258ddcf9
05 Affected products
06 References
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223
- www.securityfocus.com20080709 rPSA-2008-0223-1 popplerhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded
- www.exploit-db.com6032https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032
- secunia.com30963http://secunia.com/advisories/30963
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:015http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2024http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references
- secunia.com31002http://secunia.com/advisories/31002
- www.securityfocus.com30107http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200807-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
- secunia.com31267http://secunia.com/advisories/31267
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-631-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1
- secunia.com31405http://secunia.com/advisories/31405
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7104https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compoppler-page-destructor-code-execution(43619)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:146http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146
- securityreason.com3977http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977
- www.securitytracker.com1020435http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435
- www.securityfocus.com20080707 [oCERT-2008-007] libpoppler uninitialized pointerhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com31167http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- poppler Fixed in 0.8.4-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- poppler Fixed in 0.8.4-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- poppler Fixed in 0.8.4-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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