USN-2958-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2958-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2958-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2958-1
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Published
2016-05-02T16:58:00.598253Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:14Z
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)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / poppler

Package

Name
poppler
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/poppler@0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4

Affected versions

0.*

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_name": "gir1.2-poppler-0.18",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-cpp0",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-glib8",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-private-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-4",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt4-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-1",
            "binary_version": "0.24.5-2ubuntu4.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpoppler-qt5-dev",
            "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

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2015-8868",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}