CVE - CVE-2015-8868

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8868	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:89324 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89324 CONFIRM:https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476 CONFIRM:https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433 CONFIRM:https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html DEBIAN:DSA-3563 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563 FEDORA:FEDORA-2016-3c4e438fc8 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2016-c848d48286 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html GENTOO:GLSA-201611-15 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160411 CVE request: Poppler < 0.40.0 URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1 REDHAT:RHSA-2016:2580 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1322 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:1630 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html UBUNTU:USN-2958-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160423	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160423)
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