DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8729

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8729

    Published: 24 Apr 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-8729

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the JBIG2 parser of Artifex MuPDF 1.9. A specially crafted PDF can cause a negative number to be passed to a memset resulting in memory corruption and potential code execution. An attacker can specially craft a PDF and send to the victim to trigger this vulnerability.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8729

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: jbig2dec

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/jbig2dec?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.13-4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High