Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Xpdf, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when displaying embedded fonts in PDF files. This can be exploited when a user opens a specially crafted PDF file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Solution: Update to version 3.02 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by: Red Hat credits Kees Cook.
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