Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting poppler-qt package, versions <0:0.26.5-16.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.44% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-POPPLERQT-4628260
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Apr 2016

Introduced: 11 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 poppler-qt to version 0:0.26.5-16.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2580.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-qt package and not the poppler-qt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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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