Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2019-14975 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
MuPDF Client/Desktop applications / Multimedia software |
Vendor | Artifex Software, Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU35636
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.2 [AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14975
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in fz_chartorune in fitz/string.c because pdf/pdf-op-filter.c does not check for a missing string. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
MitigationUpdate to version 1.16.0.
Vulnerable software versionsMuPDF: 1.0 - 1.15.0 rc1
External linkshttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commit;h=97096297d409ec6f206298444ba00719607e8ba8
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701292
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.