CVSS 3.0
7.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-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 corruption and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid blend mode in the ExtGState dictionary in a crafted PDF document.
Severity
- EPSS
- 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- freedesktop:poppler
References
- 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