CVE catalog

CVE-2016-8729

jbig2dec: CVE-2016-8729

Severity: High · CVSS 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: Mar 24, 2017, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.51% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	jbig2dec	sid	`0.20-1`	fixed
Debian	jbig2dec	forky	`0.20-1`	fixed
Debian	jbig2dec	trixie	`0.20-1`	fixed
Debian	jbig2dec	trixie-security	`0.20-1+deb13u1`	fixed
Debian	jbig2dec	bookworm	`0.19-3`	fixed
Debian	jbig2dec	bookworm-security	`0.19-3+deb12u1`	fixed
Ubuntu	jbig2dec	14.04	`0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jbig2dec	14.04	`0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1`	fixed
Ubuntu	jbig2dec	16.04	`0.12-2`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jbig2dec	16.04	`0.12+20150918-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	jbig2dec	16.04	`0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	jbig2dec	source	sid	`0.13-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[863886]
Debian	jbig2dec	source	forky	`0.13-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[863886]
Debian	jbig2dec	source	trixie	`0.13-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[863886]
Debian	jbig2dec	source	bookworm	`0.13-4`	not yet assigned	Not reported	[863886]
Ubuntu	jbig2dec	deb	14.04	`0.11+20120125-1ubuntu1.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8729	Not reported
Ubuntu	jbig2dec	deb	16.04	`0.12+20150918-1ubuntu0.1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8729	Not reported

[Debian bug #863886]

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[jbig2dec]Unknown
Details (2)
- 0.19-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
- 0.19-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
[libjbig2dec0]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (2)
- 0.19-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
- 0.19-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
[libjbig2dec0-dev]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (2)
- 0.19-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12
- 0.19-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · bookworm; dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[jbig2dec]Unknown
Details (3)
- 0.20-1+b3 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- 0.20-1+b3 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- 0.20-1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
[libjbig2dec0]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (3)
- 0.20-1+b3 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- 0.20-1+b3 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- 0.20-1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
[libjbig2dec0-dev]Unknown
Source package: [jbig2dec]
Details (3)
- 0.20-1+b3 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- 0.20-1+b3 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13
- 0.20-1+deb13u1 · amd64 · trixie-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 0.13-4
  dsa · jbig2dec · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:23:36 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]