VDB
CVE-2016-8729
CVE-2016-8729
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.53% · 67.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.53%
67.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | jbig2dec | 0, 0.12-2, * |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | jbig2dec | 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1, 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 24, 2018 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8729 third-party-advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8729 third-party-advisory