CVE-2008-1693
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1694)
- Published
- April 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1694 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
- poppler / poppler
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29816
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29836
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29851
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29868
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29885
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30019
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31035
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-18.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019893
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1548(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1606
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:089
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:173
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:197
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0238.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0240.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0262.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28830
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1265/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1266/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41884
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11226
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00522.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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