UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8729

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8729
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8729.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8729
Upstream
Published
2018-04-24T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:55Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jbig2dec

Package

Name
jbig2dec
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jbig2dec@0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "jbig2dec"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / jbig2dec

Package

Name
jbig2dec
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jbig2dec@0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.12-2
0.12+20150918-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "jbig2dec"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libjbig2dec0-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}