Vulnerability CVE-2008-2950
Published: 2008-07-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

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 arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
libpoppler uninitialized pointer
Andrea Barisani
09.07.2008

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Poppler -> Poppler 

 References:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
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
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