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CVE-2017-5896
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…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- [oss-security] 20170207 Re: mupdf: heap-based buffer overflow in fz_subsample_pixmap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697515 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=2c4e5867ee699b1081527bc6c6ea0e99a35a5c27 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3797 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 96139 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170206 mupdf: heap-based buffer overflow in fz_subsample_pixmap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201702-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-14971 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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