CVE-2008-2950

N/A Unknown

Published: July 07, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/30963

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31002

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31167

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31267

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31405

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

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