Stack overflow in MuPDF - CVE-2016-10221
Published: June 6, 2017 / Updated: June 10, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6920
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10221
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
MuPDF
MuPDF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the count_entries() function in pdf-layer.c in MuPDF 1.10a. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it and crash, trigger stack overflow and crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the count_entries() function in pdf-layer.c in MuPDF 1.10a. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick the victim into opening it and crash, trigger stack overflow and crash the application.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10221
Update to version 1.11-r1.