CVE-2016-8728 (GCVE-0-2016-8728)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:13
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Summary
An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the Fitz graphical library part of the MuPDF renderer. A specially crafted PDF file can cause a out of bounds write resulting in heap metadata and sensitive process memory corruption leading to potential code execution. Victim needs to open the specially crafted file in a vulnerable reader in order to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Out of bounds Write
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Vendor Product Version
Artifex Software Inc. MuPDF Affected: 1.10-rc1
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