CVE-2015-8868: Buffer Overflow
First published: Fri May 06 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =23 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Ubuntu Linux | =15.10 | |
| freedesktop poppler | =0.39.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89324
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433
- https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15
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- vendor/fedoraproject
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- version/fedoraproject fedora/23
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- version/ubuntu linux/12.04
- version/ubuntu linux/14.04
- version/ubuntu linux/15.10
- vendor/freedesktop
- canonical/freedesktop poppler
- version/freedesktop poppler/0.39.0