CVE-2016-6265
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the pdf_load_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.9a+ds1-1.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.9a+ds1-1.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.9a+ds1-1.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.9a+ds1-1.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.9a+ds1-1.1 |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | mupdf | {"endIncluding":"1.9"} | |
References
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696941
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=fa1936405b6a84e5c9bb440912c23d532772f958
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00007.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92071
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6265
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.