Vulnerability · Published Jul 21, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-19609
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the mupdf package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Artifex MuPDF before 1.18.0 has a heap based buffer over-write in tiff_expand_colormap() function when parsing TIFF files allowing attackers to cause a denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | mupdf | 1.17.0+ds1-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19609 |
| Debian:13 | mupdf | 1.17.0+ds1-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19609 |
| Debian:14 | mupdf | 1.17.0+ds1-2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19609 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701176 x_refsource_MISC
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=b7892cdc7fae62aa57d63ae62144e1f11b5f9275 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703076 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210923 [SECURITY] [DLA 2765-1] mupdf security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST