CVE-2008-1693
Poppler CairoFont Font Format String Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 18, 2008, 3:05 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2008-1693 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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CVEs and Techniques used PDF as an attack vector.
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CVE-2008-1693
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29816 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29834 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29836 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29851 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29853 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29868 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29869 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29884 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29885 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30019 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30033 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31035 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-18.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1019893 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1548 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1606 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:089 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:173 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:197 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0238.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0239.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0240.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0262.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28830 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-603-2 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1265/references Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1266/references Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41884 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11226 Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00522.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11226 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11226 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41884 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41884 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1693
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1693
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
7.92 }} -3.11%
score
0.91235
percentile