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TI-2016-07186 Aliases CVE-2016-8729GHSA-2cj5-5xv9-px48

Memory corruption in Artifex MuPDF

Priority LOW 37CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01513 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
ArtifexMuPDF1.9; 1.10 RC2—No fix listedCNA
  • MuPDF VendorArtifex Affected 1.9; 1.10 RC2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9VulnerableArtifex
  • cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9 Vulnerable ·Artifex

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8729
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2cj5-5xv9-px48

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-16051 freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27942 A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) vulnerability was discovered in Artifex MuPDF… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-02374 Double free in mupdf CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2016-07185 Out-of-bounds write in Artifex MuPDF CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2012-04514 SumatraPDF 2.1.1/MuPDF 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause an Integer Overflow in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2023-27939 A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) vulnerability was discovered in Artifex MuPDF… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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