Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface Font Rasterizer Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows GDI Font Rasterizer is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to gain complete control of an affected computer. Failed attempts will likely cause the operating system to crash, resulting in denial-of-service conditions...

GLSA-200602-04 : Xpdf, Poppler: Heap overflow

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200602-04 Xpdf, Poppler: Heap overflow Dirk Mueller has reported a vulnerability in Xpdf. It is caused by a missing boundary check in the splash rasterizer engine when handling PDF splash images with overly large dimensions. Impac...

KPdf: Heap based overflow

Background KPdf is a KDE-based PDF viewer included in the kdegraphics package. Description KPdf includes Xpdf code to handle PDF files. Dirk Mueller discovered that the Xpdf code is vulnerable a heap based overflow in the splash rasterizer engine. Impact An attacker could entice a user to open a...