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CVE-2015-8868· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ExponentialFunction::ExponentialFunction function in Poppler before 0.40.0 allows remote attackers to caus

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 91.3% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: poppler (Debian:12) 0.38.0-3; poppler (Debian:7) 0.18.4-6+deb7u1; poppler (Debian:8) 0.26.5-2+deb8u1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to poppler (Debian:12) 0.38.0-3; poppler (Debian:7) 0.18.4-6+deb7u1; poppler (Debian:8) 0.26.5-2+deb8u1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 6, 2016
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.6% · 91th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.6%

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VendorProduct
fedoraprojectfedora
debiandebian linux
canonicalubuntu linux
freedesktoppoppler

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux12.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux14.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux15.10
  • debian debian linux8.0
  • fedoraproject fedora23
  • freedesktop poppler0.39.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12popplerbefore 0.38.0-30.38.0-3
Debian:7popplerbefore 0.18.4-6+deb7u10.18.4-6+deb7u1
Debian:8popplerbefore 0.26.5-2+deb8u10.26.5-2+deb8u1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpopplerbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-cppbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-cpp-develbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-debuginfobefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-demosbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-develbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-glibbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-glib-develbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-qtbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-qt-develbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientpoppler-utilsbefore 0:0.26.5-16.el70:0.26.5-16.el7
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12popplerbefore 0.24.4-12.10.24.4-12.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12poppler-qtbefore 0.24.4-12.10.24.4-12.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4popplerbefore 0.12.3-1.12.10.12.3-1.12.1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:poppler0.38.0-3 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-cpp0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-cpp-devel0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-debuginfo0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-demos0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-devel0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-glib0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-glib-devel0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-qt0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-qt-devel0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:poppler-utils0:0.26.5-16.el7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
suse:poppler0.24.4-12.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:poppler-qt0.24.4-12.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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