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CVE-2016-6525

critical

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92266

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/8

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=39b0f07dd960f34e7e6bf230ffc3d87c41ef0f2e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-09-22

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04293