| Name | CVE-2015-8868 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-446-1, DSA-3563-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 822578 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| poppler (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.26.5-2+deb8u16 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 0.48.0-2+deb9u4 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 0.48.0-2+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 0.71.0-5+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 22.12.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 24.08.0-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1