CVE-2008-2950
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 15.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 15.0% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2941)
- Published
- July 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2941 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- poppler / poppler
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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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