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CVE-2008-1693 json

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

published 2008-04-18 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1694

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • xpdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.02
  • poppler Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1693

  • gpdf RHEL 4 2.8.2-7.7.2
  • xpdf RHEL 4 1:3.00-16.el4
  • poppler RHEL 5 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
  • poppler-utils RHEL 5 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
  • kdegraphics RHEL 4 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0262RHSA-2008:0240RHSA-2008:0239RHSA-2008:0238

  • cups openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.3.3op2-4.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10707-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-1693 updated

xpdf: embedded font vulnerability

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0239
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2, xpdf 3.00-16.el4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-9.el4_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0262
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0239
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2, xpdf 3.00-16.el4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-9.el4_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0262
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) poppler 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1, poppler-utils 0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0239
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2, xpdf 3.00-16.el4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-9.el4_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 gpdf 2.8.2-7.7.2, xpdf 3.00-16.el4, kdegraphics 3.3.1-9.el4_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0262

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Exploit prediction

4.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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