UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8981

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8981
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8981.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8981
Upstream
Published
2017-03-16T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:33Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the PdfParser::ReadXRefSubsection function in base/PdfParser.cpp in PoDoFo allows attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to m_offsets.size.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libpodofo

Package

Name
libpodofo
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpodofo@0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.0-1.1ubuntu1
0.9.0-1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo0.9.0",
            "binary_version": "0.9.0-1.2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8981.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libpodofo

Package

Name
libpodofo
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpodofo@0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.0-1.3
0.9.3-3
0.9.3-4
0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo-utils",
            "binary_version": "0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libpodofo0.9.3",
            "binary_version": "0.9.3-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8981.json"