CVE-2016-8674

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

The pdf_to_num function in pdf-object.c in MuPDF before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted file.

Affected products

Artifex MuPDF: through 1.9a

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93127
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/22/mupdf-use-after-free-in-pdf_to_num-pdf-object-c/
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697015
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697019
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1385685
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1e03c06456d997435019fb3526fa2d4be7dbc6ec
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93127

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