Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-1693
CVE-2008-1693
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.
Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 28 more
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.7.3
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:poppler:poppler:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
34- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1548nvdPatch
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29816nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29834nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29836nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29851nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29853nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29868nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29869nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29884nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/29885nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30019nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30033nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30717nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31035nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-18.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1606nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0238.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0240.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0262.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28830nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-2nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1265/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1266/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41884nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11226nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00522.htmlnvd
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