CVE-2016-8729

Published Apr 24, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9568 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 5:24 PM
Reserved
Oct 17, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 24, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:54 AM