CVE-2016-8729 (GCVE-0-2016-8729)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the JBIG2 parser of Artifex MuPDF 1.9. A specially crafted PDF can cause a negative number to be passed to a memset resulting in memory corruption and potential code execution. An attacker can specially craft a PDF and send to the victim to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- remote code execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artifex Software Inc. | MuPDF |
Affected:
1.9
Affected: 1.10 RC2 |
guessed |
Date Public
2017-05-15 00:00
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