CVE-2016-8674: Use After Free
First published: Mon Oct 17 2016(Updated: )
An use-after-free vulnerability was found in mupdf pdf_to_num. A maliciously created file could cause the application to crash. Upstream bugs: <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015">http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015</a> <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019">http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019</a> Upstream patch: <a href="http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec">http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec</a> References: <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/149">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/149</a> <a href="https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/22/mupdf-use-after-free-in-pdf_to_num-pdf-object-c/">https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/22/mupdf-use-after-free-in-pdf_to_num-pdf-object-c/</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex Mupdf | <=1.9a |
Remedy
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commitdiff;h=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec
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Reference Links
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/149
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/22/mupdf-use-after-free-in-pdf_to_num-pdf-object-c/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1363695
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385685
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commitdiff;h=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93127
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec
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