Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2018· Updated Sep 16, 2024
CVE-2016-8728
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
1- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242mitrex_refsource_MISC
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