CVE-2017-5896

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-02-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the fz_subsample_pixmap function in fitz/pixmap.c in MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a crafted image.

Affected products

Artifex MuPDF: through 1.10

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=2c4e5867ee699b1081527bc6c6ea0e99a35a5c27
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/06/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96139
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697515
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-12
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=2c4e5867ee699b1081527bc6c6ea0e99a35a5c27
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/06/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96139

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