CVE-2008-2950
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…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 15.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Poppler 0.8.4 - libpoppler Uninitialized pointer Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 6032local, linuxpublished 8 Jul 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 6032 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.0% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
20
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080709 rPSA-2008-0223-1 poppler (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6032 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 30963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2024 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31002 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200807-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 31267 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-631-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 31405 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- poppler-page-destructor-code-execution(43619) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 3977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1020435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20080707 [oCERT-2008-007] libpoppler uninitialized pointer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 31167 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2941 (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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