Bug 1385685 (CVE-2016-8674)

Summary:	CVE-2016-8674 mupdf: Use-after-free in pdf_to_num
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	pavel
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-10-17 13:43:30 UTC

An use-after-free vulnerability was found in mupdf pdf_to_num. A maliciously created file could cause the application to crash.

Upstream bugs:

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019

Upstream patch:

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/149
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/22/mupdf-use-after-free-in-pdf_to_num-pdf-object-c/

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-10-17 13:46:07 UTC

Created mupdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1363695]