poppler: heap buffer overflow in ExponentialFunction
Published May 6, 2016
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.56%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 23
Configuration 2
- 8.0
Configuration 3
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.10
Configuration 4
- 0.39.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler-0:0.26.5-16.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:2580
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
compat-poppler022
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler-0:0.26.5-16.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:2580 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | compat-poppler022 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 91.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 91.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 7.74% (0.07744) | 94.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 90.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 7.74% (0.07744) | 94.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 90.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 7.74% (0.07744) | 94.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 90.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 7.74% (0.07744) | 94.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.56% (0.04557) | 90.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.76% (0.00759) | 71.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.44% (0.03443) | 91.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2024 | 3.44% (0.03443) | 91.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 3.37% (0.03368) | 90.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | 3.11% (0.03111) | 89.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.72% (0.02716) | 88.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 90.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 89.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 17, 2022 | 5.86% (0.05857) | 77.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.20% (0.05203) | 75.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183107.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183142.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00068.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00077.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3563 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89324 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2958-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8868 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326225 Issue Tracking
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8868
- https://poppler.freedesktop.org/releases.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8868
Change history (0)
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