CVE-2017-5991 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 15.2% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 15.18% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-476 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2017-02-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| artifex | mupdf |
| debian | debian linux |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Artifex MuPDF - Null Pointer Dereference | 2017-06-07 |
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/
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