CVE-2015-8868 (GCVE-0-2015-8868)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-06 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
VLAI?
Summary
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.
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