Vulnerability CVE-2016-6525
Published: 2016-09-22

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pdf_load_mesh_params function in pdf/pdf-shade.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a large decode array.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Debian -> Debian linux 
Artifex -> Mupdf 

 References:
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=39b0f07dd960f34e7e6bf230ffc3d87c41ef0f2e
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92266
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12
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