CVE-2015-8868

Name	CVE-2015-8868
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-446-1, DSA-3563-1
Debian Bugs	822578

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
poppler (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	20.09.0-3.1+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	22.12.0-2	fixed
	sid, trixie	24.08.0-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
poppler	source	wheezy	0.18.4-6+deb7u1	DLA-446-1
poppler	source	jessie	0.26.5-2+deb8u1	DSA-3563-1
poppler	source	(unstable)	0.38.0-3		822578

Notes

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93476
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/12/1