Use After Free Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.9a+ds1-1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.12% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-MUPDF-382458
  • published22 Sept 2016
  • disclosed22 Sept 2016

Introduced: 22 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6265  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable mupdf to version 1.9a+ds1-1.1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the pdf_load_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file.