high7.8
CVE-2016-8728
An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the Fitz graphical library part of the MuPDF renderer.
Impact
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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Mupdf | Version 1.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?0c86abf954ca4a5f00c26f6600acac93f9fc3538
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242