Heap-based buffer overflow in Poppler - CVE-2015-8868
Published: May 6, 2016 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33071
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8868
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
Poppler
Poppler
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Heap-based buffer overflow in the ExponentialFunction::ExponentialFunction function in Poppler before 0.40.0. A remote attacker can use an invalid blend mode in the ExtGState dictionary in a crafted PDF document. to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8868
Update to version 0.40.0.
Sources
- 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