{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "1.10-rc1"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "1.10-rc1"
              }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4e1a495e671cf423663a0c36a35fc4acc7d44754"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "4e1a495e671cf423663a0c36a35fc4acc7d44754"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/artifexsoftware/mupdf",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.10-rc1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {},
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-8728",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:36:51.465584818Z",
  "published": "2018-04-24T19:29:00.423Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?0c86abf954ca4a5f00c26f6600acac93f9fc3538"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697395"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0242"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}