PT-2016-6814 · Artifex+1 · Mupdf+1

Marco Grassi · Published 2016-07-26 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-6265

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the pdf load xref function, which can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted PDF file, leading to a denial of service (crash).

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

Exploit

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2415

CVE-2016-6265

DSA-3655-1

MGASA-2016-0268

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10179-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mupdf

References · 57

• 🔥 http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696941 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/7 · Exploit
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000040 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15369 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000039 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5896 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-2415 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6525 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6265 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mupdf · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00007.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0268.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6265 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6265 · Security Note