CVE-2016-8729
jbig2dec - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.53%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-8729
To remediate CVE-2016-8729, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.13-4 or later
- —upgrade to 0.13-4~deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.13-4~deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2016-8729 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.13-4
- from 0, < 0.13-4~deb7u1
- from 0, < 0.13-4~deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |