usn-2958-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-05-02 16:58
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
poppler vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled certain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4473, CVE-2013-4474)

It was discovered that poppler incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a crafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2015-8868)

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  "affected": [
    {
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          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-8868",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
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      },
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that the poppler pdfseparate tool incorrectly handled\ncertain filenames. A local attacker could use this issue to cause the tool\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-4473,\nCVE-2013-4474)\n\nIt was discovered that poppler incorrectly parsed certain malformed PDF\ndocuments. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a\ncrafted PDF file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program.\n(CVE-2015-8868)\n",
  "id": "USN-2958-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
  "published": "2016-05-02T16:58:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2958-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4473"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4474"
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "poppler vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4473",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4474",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8868"
  ]
}



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