The CairoFont::create function in CairoFontEngine.cc in Poppler, possibly before 0.8.0, as used in Xpdf, Evince, ePDFview, KWord, and…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.9% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (34)

• 29869 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:089 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 29884 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30019 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1019893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 28830 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 29853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29851 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29816 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:197 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0239 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1548 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-1606 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0240 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200804-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 29868 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1266 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 31035 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• xpdf-pdf-code-execution(41884) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 30033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0238 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-3312 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-603-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-603-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 30717 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:32 UTC.