CVE-2008-1693

CVE-2008-1693 involves Poppler (and associated viewers such as Xpdf, Evince, gpdf, kdegraphics, xpdf) where CairoFont::create in CairoFontEngine.cc mishandles embedded PDF fonts, leading to possible remote code execution via a crafted font object. Root cause: dereferencing a function pointer tied...

CVE-2008-1693

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, relate...

xpdf: embedded font vulnerability

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, relate...

Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4.x - Font Object Assertion Failure Denial of Service

Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4.x - Font Object Assertion Failure Denial of Service source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10623/info The Sun Java Runtime Environment Font object is reportedly vulnerable to an assertion failure denial of service vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure o...