Out-of-Bounds Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.9a+ds1-1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.24% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MUPDF-5689780
  • published22 Sept 2016
  • disclosed22 Sept 2016

Introduced: 22 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6525  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 mupdf to version 1.9a+ds1-1.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mupdf package and not the mupdf package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.