CVE-2015-8868 Memory corruption in n/a
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-8868 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-8868 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8868 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Canonical Ubuntu Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8868/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8868/index.md)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via a crafted PDF document exploiting a heap buffer overflow in Poppler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8868?
CVE-2015-8868 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8868?
It affects 4 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
poppler Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-demos Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-glib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-glib-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-qt Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-qt-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-demos Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-glib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-glib-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-qt Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-qt-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-demos Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-glib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-glib-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-qt Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-qt-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-cpp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-demos Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
poppler-glib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation | All versions | 0:0.26.5-16.el7 |
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Freedesktop Poppler.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8868?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-8868 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8868 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8868, DLA-446-1, DSA-3563-1, GHSA-x4hh-g34g-m3m8, RHSA-2016:2580, SUSE-SU-2016:1543-1 and 2 more.