PT-2016-6973

CVE-2016-6525

Published

2016-08-26

Updated

2018-10-02

Description by

CVSS 3.1

9.8

Critical

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MuPDF (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the pdf load mesh params function, which can be triggered by a large decode array. This can cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Impacts

Researchers

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Related identifiers

CVE-2016-6525

ALT-PU-2018-2415

DLA-589-1

DSA-3655-1