CVE-2016-8728
8.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artifex Software Inc. | MuPDF | 1.10-rc1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- Out of bounds Write
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?0c86abf954ca4a5f00c26f6600acac93f9fc3538
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
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