CVE-2016-10246

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 74.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-03-16 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 15:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-03-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c4093aa3259dae67443b2aae56eaa81f36bcd6acf68cf9c929183c9ce5c03875

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170313 Re: mupdf: mujstest: global-buffer-overflow in main (jstest_main.c)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/13/21mailing-list
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/24/mupdf-mujstest-global-buffer-overflow-in-main-jstest_main-c/
• git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=cfe8f35bca61056363368c343be36812abde0a06
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210923 [SECURITY] [DLA 2765-1] mupdf security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.htmlmailing-list
• bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697020