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CVE-2008-1693: poppler Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2008:0238RHSA-2008:0239RHSA-2008:0240
Published 18-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1693 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in poppler. EPSS estimates a 4.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.94%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10707-1

Timeline

  1. 18-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.94% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.94%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat11 products
  • gpdf< 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
  • gpdf-debuginfo< 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
  • kdegraphics< 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
  • kdegraphics-debuginfo< 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
  • kdegraphics-devel< 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
Debian2 products
  • poppler< 0.6.4-1 | < 0.4.5-5.1etch3
  • xpdf< 3.02 | < 3.01-9.1+etch3
Poppler1 product
  • poppler≤ 0.7.3 | 0.1 | 0.1.1 | 0.1.2 | 0.2.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.4.4 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.5.9 | 0.5.91 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.6.4 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2

3 vendors · 14 products

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