CVE-2016-6525

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Artifex MuPDF: through 1.9
Debian Linux: 8.0

References

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=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
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=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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