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ubuntu-cve-2016-8674

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-02-15 21:59

Modified

2026-04-22 07:38

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8674	REPORT
	http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015	REPORT
	http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8674	REPORT

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CVE-2016-8674 (GCVE-0-2016-8674)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-15 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:27

Summary

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.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385685	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93127	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/8	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/22/mupdf-use…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2016-10-15 00:00

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Sightings

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-8674 (GCVE-0-2016-8674)

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