CVE-2017-5896
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.24%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-5896
To remediate CVE-2017-5896, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/mupdf—upgrade to 1.10a-r1 or later
- Debian/mupdf—upgrade to 1.9a+ds1-3 or later
Is CVE-2017-5896 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.10a-r1
- from 0, < 1.9a+ds1-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |