High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5991

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465. The pdf_run_xobject function in pdf-op-run.c encounters a NULL pointer dereference during a Fitz fz_paint_pixmap_with_mask painting operation. Versions 1.11 and later are unaffected.

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Affected products

Artifex/Mupdf2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.11
- (no CPE)range: <1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797nvdThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-08nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96213nvdBroken Link

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