Out-of-Bounds Affecting poppler package, versions <0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.44% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-POPPLER-426614
  • published6 May 2016
  • 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 Ubuntu:14.04 poppler to version 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler package and not the poppler package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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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