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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-5991: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-5991: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/15/2017
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465. The pdf_run_xobject function in pdf-op-run.c encounters a NULL pointer dereference during a Fitz fz_paint_pixmap_with_mask painting operation. Versions 1.11 and later are unaffected.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-mupdf

References

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