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CVE-2014-2013 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the xps_parse_color function in xps/xps-common.c in MuPDF 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute…

published 2014-03-03 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-2065

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
14.8%
EPSS 14.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the xps_parse_color function in xps/xps-common.c in MuPDF 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of entries in the ContextColor value of the Fill attribute in a Path element.

Patch / fix

  • mupdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2013

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-2013 updated cvss 5.0

mupdf: stack-based buffer overflow in xps_parse_color()

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31090)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31090 MuPDF 1.3 - 'xps_parse_color()' Stack Buffer Overflow local, 2014-01-20
  • hdwsec.fr http://www.hdwsec.fr/blog/mupdf.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.ghostscript.com http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694957 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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