vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-8729): jbig2dec vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 24, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 24, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-jbig2dec
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