CVE-2017-5991

high-risk
Published 2017-02-15

An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465. The pdf_run_xobject function in pdf-op-run.c encounters a NULL pointer dereference during a Fitz fz_paint_pixmap_with_mask painting operation. Versions 1.11 and later are unaffected.

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17.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 82% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
42138
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Artifex Debian

References (12)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9...
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213
Exploit https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9...
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213
Exploit https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/
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high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 9/34 · Low