CVE-2015-8868
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-05-06 17:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c5d6f2f6d90299c694cffb98e80738dd0372ff2acdb636e51a1f3adb0dc1359b
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1322http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3563http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201611-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2580http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html
- www.securityfocus.com89324http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89324
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-c848d48286http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html
- poppler.freedesktop.orghttps://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160411 CVE request: Poppler < 0.40.0http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttps://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1630http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2958-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-3c4e438fc8http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- poppler Fixed in 0.38.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- poppler Fixed in 0.38.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- poppler Fixed in 0.38.0-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- poppler Fixed in 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.