| Name | CVE-2016-8728 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mupdf (PTS) | bullseye | 1.17.0+ds1-2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.17.0+ds1-1.3~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.21.1+ds2-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.24.10+ds1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mupdf | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- mupdf <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.10, cf. #863545)
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242%20