CVE-2015-8868 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89324 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433 https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8