Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2016-8728 | First vendor Publication | 2018-04-24 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2022-12-13 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | 7.8 | ||
| Base Score | 7.8 | Environmental Score | 7.8 |
| impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 7.8 |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | 1.8 | ||
| Attack Vector | Local | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| An exploitable heap out of bounds write vulnerability exists in the Fitz graphical library part of the MuPDF renderer. A specially crafted PDF file can cause a out of bounds write resulting in heap metadata and sensitive process memory corruption leading to potential code execution. Victim needs to open the specially crafted file in a vulnerable reader in order to trigger this vulnerability. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8728 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-787 | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-02-01 | MuPDF Fitz library font glyph scaling code execution vulnerability attempt RuleID : 41471 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-PDF |
| 2017-02-01 | MuPDF Fitz library font glyph scaling code execution vulnerability attempt RuleID : 41470 - Revision : 4 - Type : FILE-PDF |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-11-27 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-1300.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-30 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-5135c91b36.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
| Source | Url |
|---|---|
| MISC | https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2022-12-13 21:27:53 |
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| 2022-04-20 00:23:34 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:54:17 |
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| 2021-04-22 02:06:36 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:53:35 |
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| 2018-06-13 17:19:12 |
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| 2018-04-25 00:19:07 |
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