Bug 1326225 – CVE-2015-8868 poppler: heap buffer overflow in ExponentialFunction

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Bug 1326225 - (CVE-2015-8868) CVE-2015-8868 poppler: heap buffer overflow in ExponentialFunction

Summary:	CVE-2015-8868 poppler: heap buffer overflow in ExponentialFunction

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2015-8868

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1299506 1326226 1326228 1341030 1343078 1343079
Blocks:	1326229
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Reported:	2016-04-12 04:21 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-06-15 17:39 EDT (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	poppler 0.40.0
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	A heap-buffer overflow was found in the poppler library. An attacker could create a malicious PDF file that would cause applications that use poppler (such as Evince) to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code when opened.
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2016:2580	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: poppler security and bug fix update	2016-11-03 08:07:53 EDT

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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-04-12 04:21:16 EDT

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the poppler library. A maliciously crafted file could cause the application to crash.

Upstream fix:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/commit/?id=b3425dd3261679958cd56c0f71995c15d2124433

References (reproducer attached):

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/56

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-04-12 04:21:43 EDT

Created mingw-poppler tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1326228]

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2016-04-12 04:21:48 EDT

Created poppler tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1326226]

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 15:04:46 EDT

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2580 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2580.html

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