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CVE-2016-6265

Date: September 22, 2016

Use-after-free vulnerability in the pdf_load_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c in MuPDF allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PDF file.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (11)

Url: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=fa1936405b6a84e5c9bb440912c23d532772f958

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6265

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6265

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92071

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6265

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

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/7

Url: http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696941

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-6265

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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