USN-2958-1: poppler Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 02-05-2016Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-2958-1 is a vulnerability in poppler Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CVE-2013-4473CVE-2013-4474CVE-2015-8868

Timeline

  1. 02-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

poppler vulnerabilities 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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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • poppler< 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4

1 vendor · 1 product

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