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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2950 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/08/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, or other PDF parsing applications derived from the xpdf code as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30963 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31002 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31267 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31405 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977 CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2950
NVD Published Date:
07/07/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE