UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8729

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-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.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8729
Related
Published
2018-04-24T19:29:00Z
Modified
2018-04-24T19:29:00Z
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
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
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=src?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 

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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / jbig2dec

Package

Name
jbig2dec
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jbig2dec@0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1?arch=src?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 

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