{"id":"USN-2958-1","summary":"poppler vulnerabilities","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","modified":"2026-04-22T09:24:07.798359Z","published":"2016-05-02T16:58:00Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8868"],"upstream":["CVE-2013-4473","CVE-2013-4474","CVE-2015-8868","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4473","UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4474","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8868"],"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"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8868"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"poppler","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"}]}],"versions":["0.24.1-0ubuntu1","0.24.3-0ubuntu1","0.24.3-0ubuntu2","0.24.3-0ubuntu3","0.24.3-0ubuntu4","0.24.3-0ubuntu5","0.24.3-0ubuntu6","0.24.3-0ubuntu7","0.24.3-0ubuntu8","0.24.3-0ubuntu10","0.24.3-0ubuntu12","0.24.5-0ubuntu3","0.24.5-2ubuntu1","0.24.5-2ubuntu2","0.24.5-2ubuntu4","0.24.5-2ubuntu4.1","0.24.5-2ubuntu4.2","0.24.5-2ubuntu4.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4","binary_name":"gir1.2-poppler-0.18"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-cpp0","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-glib8","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-qt4-4","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler-qt5-1","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"libpoppler44","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"},{"binary_name":"poppler-utils","binary_version":"0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"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"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2958-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}