| Name | CVE-2008-2950 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DTSA-146-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 489756 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| poppler (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.26.5-2+deb8u16 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.48.0-2+deb9u4 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.48.0-2+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster | 0.71.0-5 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 0.71.0-5+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 22.12.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 22.12.0-2.2 | fixed |
| xpdf (PTS) | jessie | 3.03-17 | fixed |
| stretch | 3.04-4 | fixed |
| buster | 3.04-13 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.04+git20210103-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.04+git20220601-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.04+git20240202-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| poppler | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| poppler | source | lenny | 0.8.2-2+lenny1 | | DTSA-146-1 | |
| poppler | source | (unstable) | 0.8.4-1.1 | medium | | 489756 |
| xpdf | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
[etch] - poppler <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
- xpdf <not-affected> (Page.cc is not allocating the widget and therefore not vulnerable in the destructor, attrs initialized)