CVE-2016-8729

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
talosCNA
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 66%
VendorProductVersion
artifexmupdf
1.9
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
jbig2dec
bullseye
0.19-2
fixed
bookworm
0.19-3
fixed
sid
0.20-1
fixed
trixie
0.20-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
jbig2dec
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
eoan
not-affected
disco
not-affected
cosmic
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
artful
not-affected
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
ignored
xenial
Fixed 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1
released
trusty
Fixed 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1
released
mupdf
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
eoan
not-affected
disco
not-affected
cosmic
not-affected
bionic
not-affected
artful
not-affected
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
ignored
xenial
not-affected
trusty
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/jbig2dec.git/commit/?id=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=1a7ef61410884daff8ff8391ddcecc3102acd989
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243