Memory Management Flaw in Poppler Product by Vendor
CVE-2008-2950
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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 14%
What is CVE-2008-2950?
The Page destructor in the Page.cc file of libpoppler prior to version 0.8.5 is prone to a memory management issue that affects the deletion of pageWidgets objects. If these objects are not properly initialized by the Page constructor, attackers can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious PDF documents, leading to potential arbitrary code execution when unsuspecting users open the files.
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.