CVE-2016-10221
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote...
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
- Record
CVE-2016-10221- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1406
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1406- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jwjv-fmrc-5c85
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote...
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
- Record
GHSA-jwjv-fmrc-5c85- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
- Record
CVE-2016-10221- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The count_entries function in pdf-layer.c in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
- Record
CVE-2016-10221- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11068-1 No score
mupdf-1.18.0-1.7 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the mupdf-1.18.0-1.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11068-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
mupdfopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 1.18.0-1.7 | 1.18.0-1.7 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10221 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Artifex Mupdf, published April 3, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.38%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697400
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08
ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?2590fed7a355a421f062ebd4293df892800fa7ac
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10221
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwjv-fmrc-5c85
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10132
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