CVE-2015-8868

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ExponentialFunction::ExponentialFunction function in Poppler before 0.40.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid blend mode in the ExtGState dictionary in a crafted PDF document.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
poppler 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 0.33.0-0ubuntu3.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 0.18.4-1ubuntu3.2

Patch details

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Package Patch details
poppler

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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