Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11226
Revision Date:2013-04-29Version:12
Title: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.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2008-1693
Platform(s):CentOS Linux 4
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 4
Oracle Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4
  • RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • OR CentOS Linux 4.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 4.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • kdegraphics-devel is earlier than 0:3.3.1-9.el4_6
  • OR gpdf is earlier than 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
  • OR xpdf is earlier than 1:3.00-16.el4
  • OR kdegraphics is earlier than 0:3.3.1-9.el4_6
  • OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5
  • RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5
  • The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  • OR Oracle Linux 5.x
  • AND Configuration section
  • poppler-utils is earlier than 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
  • OR poppler-devel is earlier than 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
  • OR poppler is earlier than 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
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