Vulnerability CVE-2018-16648


Published: 2018-09-06   Modified: 2018-09-07

Description:
In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the fz_append_byte function in fitz/buffer.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted pdf file. This is caused by a pdf/pdf-device.c pdf_dev_alpha array-index underflow.

Type:

CWE-129

(Improper Validation of Array Index)

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
Artifex -> Mupdf 

 References:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699685

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