{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8868","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:21:59.025879Z","published":"2015-12-31T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2958-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8868"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8868"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2958-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8868"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"poppler","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"}]}],"versions":["0.24.1-0ubuntu1","0.24.3-0ubuntu1","0.24.3-0ubuntu2","0.24.3-0ubuntu3","0.24.3-0ubuntu4","0.24.3-0ubuntu5","0.24.3-0ubuntu6","0.24.3-0ubuntu7","0.24.3-0ubuntu8","0.24.3-0ubuntu10","0.24.3-0ubuntu12","0.24.5-0ubuntu3","0.24.5-2ubuntu1","0.24.5-2ubuntu2","0.24.5-2ubuntu4","0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1","0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2","0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"gir1.2-poppler-0.18","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-cpp-dev","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-cpp0","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-dev","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-glib-dev","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-glib8","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-private-dev","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-qt4-4","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-qt4-dev","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-qt5-1","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-qt5-dev","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler44","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"poppler-utils","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8868.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}