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CVE-2008-1693 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29816 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29834 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29836 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29851 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29853 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29868 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29869 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29884 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/29885 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/30019 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/30033 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://secunia.com/advisories/31035 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-18.xml CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019893 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1548 CVE, Canonical Ltd. Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1606 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:089 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:173 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:197 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0238.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0240.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0262.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28830 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-1 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-2 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1265/references CVE, Canonical Ltd.
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1266/references CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41884 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11226 CVE, Canonical Ltd.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00522.html CVE, Canonical Ltd.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1693
NVD Published Date:
04/18/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Canonical Ltd.