CVE-2008-1693

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-1693
  • Assigner
  • security@ubuntu.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-04-18T15:05:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-29T01:30:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.7.3
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1548 Patch
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-18.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:089
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0238.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0240.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28830
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019893
http://secunia.com/advisories/29851
http://secunia.com/advisories/29853
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00522.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0262.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29816
http://secunia.com/advisories/29834
http://secunia.com/advisories/29836
http://secunia.com/advisories/29868
http://secunia.com/advisories/29869
http://secunia.com/advisories/29884
http://secunia.com/advisories/29885
http://secunia.com/advisories/30033
http://secunia.com/advisories/30019
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/31035
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1606
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:173
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:197
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1266/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1265/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41884
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11226
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1693
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1693
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:25:14 Added to TrackCVE