CVE-2016-6265
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-09-22 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-07-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8a2c716aa7b1db939cec5dc5030072e536a8bd4d5db9b52ac1067943e442f33f
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=fa1936405b6a84e5c9bb440912c23d532772f958
- www.debian.orgDSA-3655http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3655
- www.securityfocus.com92071http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92071
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1926http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00007.html
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696941
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160721 Re: mupdf library use after freehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/21/7
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mupdf Fixed in 1.9a+ds1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mupdf Fixed in 1.9a+ds1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mupdf Fixed in 1.9a+ds1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- mupdf No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.