CVE-2016-6525
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Memory corruption
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pdf_load_mesh_params function in pdf/pdf-shade.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large decode array.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/8Patch
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=39b0f07dd960f34e7e6bf230ffc3d87c41ef0f2e
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92266Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12