Security advisory

{
  "id": "bc0e8e395ebb8fa66a08bb4e405a875851adee604886d2ec99bfb79badbfa681",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8728",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-8728",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-8728",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-8728",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-8728"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/artifexsoftware/mupdf",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "4e1a495e671cf423663a0c36a35fc4acc7d44754"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "4e1a495e671cf423663a0c36a35fc4acc7d44754"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.10-rc1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.10-rc1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.10-rc1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8728.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.420784111Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395",
        "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-8728",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432035,
  "published_at": "2018-04-24T19:29:00.423+00:00"
}