CVE-2008-2950

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

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.

Affected products

Poppler: through 0.8.4

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30963
http://secunia.com/advisories/31002
http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
http://secunia.com/advisories/31267
http://secunia.com/advisories/31405
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded

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