Use After Free Affecting mupdf package, versions [,1.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MUPDF-2367863
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2018

CVE-2018-1000039  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mupdf to version 1.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. In MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple heap use after free bugs in the PDF parser could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, read memory, or cause a denial of service via a crafted file.

CVSS Scores

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