Security advisory

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  "id": "7e8abca2ec94d0821fadf961ee8c5120119df4d5050faf8ac4a7f27370fb679d",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16648",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-16648",
    "summary": "In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the fz_append_byte function in fitz/buffer.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted pdf file. This is caused by a pdf/pdf-device.c pdf_dev_alpha array-index underflow.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-16648",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-16648",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-16648"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/artifexsoftware/mupdf",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "4a7822d6750ecb6e0b63f4357738dc20ecaa58f6"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4a7822d6750ecb6e0b63f4357738dc20ecaa58f6"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.13.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.13.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.13.0",
            "1.13.0-rc1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16648.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.944288106Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=38f883fe129a5e89306252a4676eaaf4bc968824",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00019.html",
        "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699685"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-16648",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437805,
  "published_at": "2018-09-06T23:29:01.927+00:00"
}