Bug 1385685 (CVE-2016-8674) - CVE-2016-8674 mupdf: Use-after-free in pdf_to_num
Summary: CVE-2016-8674 mupdf: Use-after-free in pdf_to_num
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2016-8674
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1363695
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-17 13:43 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:57 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-03-07 15:46:47 UTC
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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]
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