7.3

CVE-2025-15569: artifex mupdf Untrusted Search Path

CVSS: 7.3v4.0HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-15569
Published 10-02-2026Last modified 23-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-15569 is a high (CVSS 7.3) Untrusted Search Path vulnerability in artifex mupdf. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.3/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw has been found in Artifex MuPDF up to 1.26.1 on Windows. The impacted element is the function get_system_dpi of the file platform/x11/win_main.c. This manipulation causes uncontrolled search path. The attack requires local access. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitability is regarded as difficult. Upgrading to version 1.26.2 is sufficient to resolve this issue. Patch name: ebb125334eb007d64e579204af3c264aadf2e244. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

CVSS metrics

9 scores · 3 sources · 4 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.12% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Artifex1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • mupdfAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links