NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting muhammara package, versions <6.0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-MUHAMMARA-17660544
  • published27 Jun 2026
  • disclosed26 Jun 2026
  • creditr3d5t0x3

Introduced: 26 Jun 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade muhammara to version 6.0.5 or higher.

Overview

muhammara is a Create, read and modify PDF files and streams. A drop in replacement for hummusjs PDF library

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the CreateFilterForStream process when handling PDF streams with /Filter /LZWDecode and a /DecodeParms dictionary that omits the EarlyChange key. An attacker can cause the application to crash by supplying a crafted PDF file that triggers a NULL pointer dereference during stream processing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1