CVE-2017-15369

7.8 highEPSS 1.3%

High (7.8) in artifex mupdf. EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The build_filter_chain function in pdf/pdf-stream.c in Artifex MuPDF before 2017-09-25 mishandles a certain case where a variable may reside in a register, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Fitz fz_drop_imp use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 70% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-416
Published: 2017-10-16
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

artifex:mupdf

References

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=c2663e51238ec8256da7fc61ad580db891d9fe9a
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698592
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=c2663e51238ec8256da7fc61ad580db891d9fe9a
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698592

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