CVE-2008-1693 (GCVE-0-2008-1693)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-04-18 15:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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.
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"url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html"
},
{
"name": "30717",
"refsource": "SECUNIA",
"url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30717"
}
]
}
}
}
},
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"assignerShortName": "canonical",
"cveId": "CVE-2008-1693",
"datePublished": "2008-04-18T15:00:00.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2008-04-08T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T08:32:01.237Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
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}
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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