Vulnerability CVE-2016-6265
Published: 2016-09-22

Description:
Use-after-free vulnerability in the pdf_load_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Opensuse -> LEAP 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Novell -> LEAP 
Novell -> Opensuse 
Artifex -> Mupdf 

 References:
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696941
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=fa1936405b6a84e5c9bb440912c23d532772f958
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00007.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92071
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12
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