CVE-2016-8729 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 corrupt...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 1.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/jbig2dec(Debian:12) | < 0.13-4 | 0.13-4 |
| debian/jbig2dec(Debian:13) | < 0.13-4 | 0.13-4 |
| debian/jbig2dec(Debian:14) | < 0.13-4 | 0.13-4 |
| artifex mupdf | = 1.9 | No fix listed |
| Artifex Software MuPDF | = 1.9 | No fix listed |
| Artifex Software MuPDF | = 1.10 RC2 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2016-8729 vendor-advisory
- www.talosintelligence.com third-party-advisory
- bugs.ghostscript.com
- cgit.ghostscript.com
- cgit.ghostscript.com
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking