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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3655-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
August 26, 2016                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : mupdf
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-6265 CVE-2016-6525
Debian Bug     : 832031 833417

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in MuPDF, a lightweight PDF viewer.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:

CVE-2016-6265

    Marco Grassi discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in MuPDF. An
    attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an application
    crash (denial-of-service), or potentially to execute arbitrary code
    with the privileges of the user running MuPDF, if a specially
    crafted PDF file is processed.

CVE-2016-6525

    Yu Hong and Zheng Jihong discovered a heap overflow vulnerability
    within the pdf_load_mesh_params function, allowing an attacker to
    cause an application crash (denial-of-service), or potentially to
    execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
    MuPDF, if a specially crafted PDF file is processed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mupdf packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3655-1: mupdf security update

August 26, 2016
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in MuPDF, a lightweight PDF viewer

Summary

CVE-2016-6265

Marco Grassi discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in MuPDF. An
attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an application
crash (denial-of-service), or potentially to execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running MuPDF, if a specially
crafted PDF file is processed.

CVE-2016-6525

Yu Hong and Zheng Jihong discovered a heap overflow vulnerability
within the pdf_load_mesh_params function, allowing an attacker to
cause an application crash (denial-of-service), or potentially to
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
MuPDF, if a specially crafted PDF file is processed.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.5-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mupdf packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in MuPDF, a lightweight PDF viewer.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems:

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