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>> Poppler Uninitialized "pageWidgets" Object Code Execution Vulnerability
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Title : Poppler Uninitialized "pageWidgets" Object Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2024
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2950
CWE ID : CWE-457
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-09
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A vulnerability has been identified in Poppler, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused due to the "pageWidgets" object not being initialized in the "Page" constructor under certain conditions, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious PDF document.
Affected Products
Poppler version 0.8.4 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2024
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Felipe Andres Manzano.
ChangeLog
2008-07-09 : Initial release
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