CVE-2016-8729 HIGH

CVE-2016-8729

Vendor Artifex Software Inc.
Product MuPDF
Published April 24, 2018
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 24, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated