CVE-2015-8868
HIGH7.8EPSS 1.1%poppler - security update
Published: 5/6/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8868
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/popplerfrom 0, < 0.38.0-3
- Debian/popplerfrom 0, < 0.18.4-6+deb7u1
- Debian/popplerfrom 0, < 0.26.5-2+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |