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    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 arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.

    Published:Jul 7, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jul 7, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.12333
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Poppler
    Product
    Poppler

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2024-56378 (CVSS 4.3) — libpoppler.so in Poppler through 24.12.0 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability within the JBIG2Bitmap::combi…
    CVE-2010-3704 (CVSS 6.8) — The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser in xpdf before 3.02pl5, poppler 0.8.7 and…
    CVE-2010-3703 (CVSS 4.3) — The PostScriptFunction::PostScriptFunction function in poppler/Function.cc in the PDF parser in poppler 0.8.7 …
    CVE-2009-3607 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer overflow in the create_surface_from_thumbnail_data function in glib/poppler-page.cc in Poppler 0.x all…
    CVE-2009-3606 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer overflow in the PSOutputDev::doImageL1Sep function in Xpdf before 3.02pl4, and Poppler 0.x, as used in…
    CVE-2009-3603 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer overflow in the SplashBitmap::SplashBitmap function in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler before 0.12…
    CVE-2009-3608 (CVSS 9.3) — Integer overflow in the ObjectStream::ObjectStream function in XRef.cc in Xpdf 3.x before 3.02pl4 and Poppler …

    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30963
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31002
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31267
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31405
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146
    http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30963
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31002
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31267
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31405
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977
    http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146
    http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High