CVE-2016-8729
Published: 24 April 2018
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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | same fix as CVE-2016-9601. |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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jbig2dec Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
|
cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
|
disco |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
|
eoan |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
|
trusty |
Released
(0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1)
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Released
(0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(0.13-4.1)
|
|
Patches: upstream: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=jbig2dec.git;h=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092 |
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mupdf Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
disco |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
eoan |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
focal |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
groovy |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [uses system jbig2dec])
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
yakkety |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
zesty |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
|
hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(uses system jbig2dec)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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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 |