High 7.8Published May 6, 2016

CVE-2015-8868Heap-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 poss…

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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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	23	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	8.0	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	12.04; 14.04; 15.10	NVD
freedesktop poppler freedesktop:poppler	0.39.0	NVD

References

References

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
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