Medium severity · published Mar 16, 2017
CVE-2016-10246
Buffer overflow in the main function in jstest_main.c in Mujstest in Artifex Software, Inc
5.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the main function in jstest_main.c in Mujstest in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
MU
Mupdf · Artifex
through 1.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10246
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10246
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=cfe8f35bca61056363368c343be36812abde0a06
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/21
Patch
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/24/mupdf-mujstest-global-buffer-overflow-in-main-jstest_main-c/
bugs.ghostscript.com
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697020
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.html
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