Out-of-bounds Write Affecting mupdf package, versions >=1.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-COCOAPODS-MUPDF-470898
  • published2 Oct 2019
  • disclosed29 Nov 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Nov 2016

CVE-2016-8728  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for MuPDF.

Overview

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF and XPS viewer.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. MuPDF is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A flaw in the glyph scaling code leads to an overwrite of heap metadata and sensitive process memory when an attacker opens a malicious file in a vulnerable reader. This vulnerability also potentially results in code execution vulnerability.

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