THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-2950
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-2950

Poppler vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
14.3%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Poppler
Affected product
Poppler
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-07-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 14.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-2950

  • Confirm whether Poppler Poppler is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-2950.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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