vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-2958-1 (CVE-2015-8868): poppler vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | May 2, 2016 | May 2, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
May 2, 2016
Added
May 2, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-cpp0ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-glib8ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-qt4-3ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-qt4-4ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler-qt5-1ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler19ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler44ubuntu-upgrade-libpoppler52ubuntu-upgrade-poppler-utils
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