High severity · published May 6, 2016
CVE-2015-8868
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…
7.8
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
23 · source: NVD
PO
Poppler · Freedesktop
0.39.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8868
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8868
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563
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