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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2018-04-24 19:29
Updated : 2018-06-13 11:51
NVD link : CVE-2016-8729
Mitre link : CVE-2016-8729
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Products Affected
artifex
- mupdf
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
