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CVE-2016-8728

Published: 24 April 2018

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
mupdf
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H