7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-2950

Published: 07/07/2008 Updated: 11/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 755
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The Page destructor in Page.cc in libpoppler in Poppler 0.8.4 and previous versions deletes a pageWidgets object even if it is not initialized by a Page constructor, which allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF document.

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Debian Bug report logs - #489756 poppler: CVE-2008-2950 arbitrary code execution Package: libpoppler3; Maintainer for libpoppler3 is (unknown); Reported by: Nico Golde <nion@debianorg> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:33:18 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, security Fixed in versions 082-2+lenny1, poppler/084-11 Done: Nico ...
Felipe Andres Manzano discovered that poppler did not correctly initialize certain page widgets If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious PDF file, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash applications linked against poppler, leading to a denial of service ...

Exploits

########################################################################## #### Felipe Andres Manzano * fmanzano@fceiaunreduar #### #### updates in felipeandresmanzanogooglepagescom/home #### ########################################################################## ''' Sumary: ======= The libpoppler pdf renderin ...
The libpoppler pdf rendering library can free uninitialized pointers leading to arbitrary code execution This vulnerability results from memory management bugs in the Page class constructor/destructor Proof of concept code included ...