CVE-2015-8868

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-04-11

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in theExponentialFunction::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.

See more information about CVE-2015-8868 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (poppler)	ELSA-2016-2580	2016-11-09

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