DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2950

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2950

    Published: 7 Jul 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-2950

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2950

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: poppler

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/poppler?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.4-1.1

    Affected versions

    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