CVE-2015-8868
poppler - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-8868
To remediate CVE-2015-8868, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.38.0-3 or later
- —upgrade to 0.18.4-6+deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.26.5-2+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2015-8868 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.38.0-3
- from 0, < 0.18.4-6+deb7u1
- from 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 |