poppler: uninitialized pointer free (oCERT-2008-007)
Published Jul 7, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 15.00%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, or other PDF parsing applications derived from the xpdf code as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 15.00% (0.15002) | 96.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 14.25% (0.14253) | 96.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 27, 2025 | 12.44% (0.12435) | 93.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.97% (0.10975) | 92.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.33% (0.16326) | 91.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.97% (0.10975) | 92.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 32.85% (0.32853) | 97.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 21, 2024 | 32.04% (0.32036) | 96.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 11, 2023 | 33.05% (0.33055) | 96.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 40.49% (0.40494) | 96.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 47.94% (0.47944) | 98.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 47.94% (0.47944) | 98.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (24)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30963 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31002 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31267 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31405 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3977 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0223 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:146 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493980/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494142/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30107 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020435 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-631-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2950 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454277 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43619 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2950
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2950
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6032 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00161.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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