Use After Free Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.17.0+ds1-2+deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.45% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-MUPDF-5858577
  • published25 Aug 2023
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-21896  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 mupdf to version 1.17.0+ds1-2+deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mupdf package and not the mupdf package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A Use After Free vulnerability in svg_dev_text_span_as_paths_defs function in source/fitz/svg-device.c in Artifex Software MuPDF 1.16.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of a crafted PDF file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1