#VU117352 Memory leak in MuPDF - CVE-2020-26683

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#VU117352 Memory leak in MuPDF - CVE-2020-26683

Published: October 17, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU117352
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26683
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
MuPDF
Software vendor:
Artifex Software, Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak pdf_new_array() in /pdf/pdf-font-add.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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