CVE-2017-5991

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5991
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-15 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Mupdf All All All All
Application Artifex Mupdf All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
697500 – Null pointer dereference in fz_paint_pixmap_with_mask() CONFIRM bugs.ghostscript.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit CONFIRM git.ghostscript.com
Artifex MuPDF - Null Pointer Dereference - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Artifex MuPDF CVE-2017-5991 Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-08) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3797-1 mupdf DEBIAN www.debian.org
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501083 Alpine Linux Security Update for mupdf
  • 710533 Gentoo Linux MuPDF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-08)
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