CVE-2016-6265 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Use-after-free vulnerability in the pdf_load_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Artifex	Mupdf
Opensuse	Leap Opensuse

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696941
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=fa1936405b6a84e5c9bb440912c23d532772f958
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00007.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92071
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-22T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.646Z

Reserved: 2016-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6265

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-22T15:59:01.583

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6265

Redhat

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