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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Various Sources
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0053
EPSS Percentile
67.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
artifex/mupdf
1.9
Published
Apr 24, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026