CVE-2017-15369: artifex mupdf Use After Free
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-15369 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in artifex mupdf. EPSS estimates a 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 16-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.28% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Artifex1 product
- mupdf≤ 1.11
Ubuntu1 product
- mupdfAll versions (No fix recorded)
2 vendors · 2 products
References
5 links- git.ghostscript.com?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=c2663e51238ec8256da7fc61ad580db891d9fe9aX Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698592X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryREPORT