CVE-2015-8868

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8868
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-05-06T17:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-05T02:30:23
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:poppler:0.39.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html
https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89324
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8868
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8868
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:52:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:18:57 2016-05-06T17:59Z 2016-05-06T17:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:18:57 2018-01-05T02:30:23 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:18:57 Modified Vulnerability Status updated