CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-6525
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pdf_load_mesh_params function in pdf/pdf-shade.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large decode array.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 8.0
• artifex mupdf (<= 1.9)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=39b0f07dd960f34e7e6bf230ffc3d87c41ef0f2e git.ghostscript.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/8 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92266 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12 security.gentoo.org
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=39b0f07dd960f34e7e6bf230ffc3d87c41ef0f2e git.ghostscript.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/8 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92266 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12 security.gentoo.org