Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2017-5991 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Mupdf

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
17.6%
top 4.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
Artifex MupdfDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 15
Latest updateMay 13

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:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDartifex/mupdf< 1.11
▶Debianartifex/mupdf< 1.9a+ds1-4+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-j28p-v5hh-q229: An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-5991: An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465↗2017-02-15
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CVEList
CVE-2017-5991: An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465↗2017-02-15
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Artifex MuPDF - Null Pointer Dereference↗2017-06-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Debian
CVE-2017-5991: mupdf - An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3a...↗2017
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5991 mupdf: NULL pointer dereference in the pdf_run_xobject function [fedora-all]↗2017-03-07
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5991 mupdf: NULL pointer dereference in the pdf_run_xobject function↗2017-03-07
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CVE-2017-5991 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Mupdf | cvebase