CVE-2016-6525

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=39b0f07dd960f34e7e6bf230ffc3d87c41ef0f2e
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/8Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92266Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696954Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=39b0f07dd960f34e7e6bf230ffc3d87c41ef0f2e
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/03/8Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92266Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12

Timeline

Published: Sep 22, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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