CVE-2016-8729: artifex software inc. mupdf
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8729 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in artifex software inc. mupdf. EPSS estimates a 1.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 24-04-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An exploitable memory corruption vulnerability exists in the JBIG2 parser of Artifex MuPDF 1.9. A specially crafted PDF can cause a negative number to be passed to a memset resulting in memory corruption and potential code execution. An attacker can specially craft a PDF and send to the victim to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS metrics
7 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
1.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
75%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.51% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Artifex1 product
- mupdf1.9
Artifex software inc.1 product
- mupdf1.9 | 1.10 RC2
Debian1 product
- jbig2dec< 0.13-4
Ubuntu1 product
- jbig2dec< 0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1 | < 0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1
4 vendors · 4 products
References
7 links- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0243X Refsource MISCThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
