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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242
Various Sources
http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?0c86abf954ca4a5f00c26f6600acac93f9fc3538
Various Sources
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0031
EPSS Percentile
54.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
artifex/mupdf
1.10 rc1
Published
Apr 24, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026