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Debian: CVE-2018-16648: mupdf -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-16648: mupdf -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/06/2018
Created
07/28/2020
Added
07/28/2020
Modified
07/28/2020

Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the fz_append_byte function in fitz/buffer.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted pdf file. This is caused by a pdf/pdf-device.c pdf_dev_alpha array-index underflow.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-mupdf

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