CVE-2016-8729
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8729
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.13-4 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.13-4 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.13-4 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.13-4 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.13-4 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.