CVE-2015-8868
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
7.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8868
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8868.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.38.0-3 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.38.0-3 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.38.0-3 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.38.0-3 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.38.0-3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| freedesktop | poppler | 0.39.0 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8868.html
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8868
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.