CVE-2016-8728 (GCVE-0-2016-8728)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-04-24 19:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:13
Severity ?
8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Out of bounds Write
Summary
An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the Fitz graphical library part of the MuPDF renderer. A specially crafted PDF file can cause a out of bounds write resulting in heap metadata and sensitive process memory corruption leading to potential code execution. Victim needs to open the specially crafted file in a vulnerable reader in order to trigger this vulnerability.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Artifex Software Inc. MuPDF Version: 1.10-rc1
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