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TITLE:
Poppler "pageWidgets" Uninitialized Memory Access

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30963

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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Poppler 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/6386/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Poppler, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using
the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to the "Page" constructor leaving the
"pageWidgets" object uninitialized under specific circumstances. This
can be exploited to potentially trigger a call to an arbitrary
address when the object is deleted.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code via a
specially crafted PDF file.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.8.4. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted PDF files with applications using the library.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Felipe Andres Manzano, reported via oCERT.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-007.html

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