Out-of-Bounds Affecting poppler-debuginfo package, versions <0:0.22.5-6.16.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.53% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-POPPLERDEBUGINFO-1703422
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed6 May 2016

Introduced: 6 May 2016

CVE-2015-8868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 poppler-debuginfo to version 0:0.22.5-6.16.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-769.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-debuginfo package and not the poppler-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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