High severity · published Feb 15, 2017
CVE-2017-5991
An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465
7.5
CVSS
15.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)15.2% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
MU
Mupdf · Artifex
before 1.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5991
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5991
git.ghostscript.com
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465
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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