8.6high
CVE-2016-8728
An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the Fitz graphical library part of the MuPDF renderer.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.6
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.7%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the Fitz graphical library part of the MuPDF renderer. A specially crafted PDF file can cause a out of bounds write resulting in heap metadata and sensitive process memory corruption leading to potential code execution. Victim needs to open the specially crafted file in a vulnerable reader in order to trigger this vulnerability.
CISA SSVC assessment
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.75% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Artifex Software Inc. MuPDF
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- bugs.ghostscript.com /show_bug.cgi?id=697395
- ghostscript.com /cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?0c86abf954ca4a5f00c26f6600acac93f9fc3538
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-8728
- NVD: CVE-2016-8728
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