CVE-2017-5991
An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 15.18% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 7 June 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- artifex/mupdf · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 15.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213Broken Link
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213Broken Link
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.