CVE-2017-5991

high

Description

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-15

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.21332