Use After Free Affecting mupdf package, versions [,1.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.14% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MUPDF-2367856
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Feb 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-8674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mupdf to version 1.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. The pdf_to_num function in pdf-object.c in MuPDF before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS Scores

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