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CVE-2016-8729 Details

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395 CVE
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/jbig2dec.git/commit/?id=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092 CVE
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=1a7ef61410884daff8ff8391ddcecc3102acd989 CVE
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
artifex mupdf
1.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-8729
NVD Published Date:
Apr 24, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-8729 Details - Not Deferred