{
    "id": "CVE-2017-5991",
    "published": "2017-02-15 06:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:21:34",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-476",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.15181",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96646",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:18",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "artifex",
            "product": "mupdf"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "42138",
            "title": "Artifex MuPDF - Null Pointer Dereference",
            "date": "2017-06-07",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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/"
    ]
}