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CVE-2008-1693

The CairoFont::create function in CairoFontEngine.cc in Poppler, possibly before 0.8.0, as used...

6.8 MediumFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

4.94%Down 5.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1693
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1693
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1694 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-1694
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3f98-v8mx-8cr7 No score

The CairoFont::create function in CairoFontEngine.cc in Poppler, possibly before 0.8.0, as used...

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.

Record
GHSA-3f98-v8mx-8cr7
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-1693
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1693 No score

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1693
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10707-1 No score

cups-2.3.3op2-4.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the cups-2.3.3op2-4.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10707-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
poppler
Debian:12
 before 0.6.4-1
0.6.4-1
poppler
Debian:13
 before 0.6.4-1
0.6.4-1
poppler
Debian:14
 before 0.6.4-1
0.6.4-1
xpdf
Debian:12
 before 3.02
3.02
xpdf
Debian:13
 before 3.02
3.02
xpdf
Debian:14
 before 3.02
3.02
xpdf
Debian:4.0
 before 3.01-9.1+etch3, plus listed versions
3.01-93.01-9.1+etch23.01-9etch1
3.01-9.1+etch3
poppler
Debian:4.0
 before 0.4.5-5.1etch3, plus listed versions
0.4.5-5.10.4.5-5.1etch10.4.5-5.1etch2
0.4.5-5.1etch3
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
kdegraphics-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
7:3.3.1-9.el4_6
poppler
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
poppler-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
 before 0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
0:0.5.4-4.4.el5_1
xpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
xpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
xpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
xpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
xpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
xpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
xpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
xpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 1:3.00-16.el4
1:3.00-16.el4
gpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
gpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
gpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
gpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
gpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
gpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
gpdf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
gpdf-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
 before 0:2.8.2-7.7.2
0:2.8.2-7.7.2
cups
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
 before 2.3.3op2-4.2
2.3.3op2-4.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-1693 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Poppler, published April 17, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.94%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in poppler 0.6.4-1.

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