Use-after-free vulnerability in the fz_subsample_pixmap function in fitz/pixmap.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a…

published 2017-03-26 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16295

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.4%; EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits: 0; none known

Use-after-free vulnerability in the fz_subsample_pixmap function in fitz/pixmap.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

Patch / fix

distros 1 links 1

mupdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9a+ds1-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7264

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/mupdf-use-after-free-in-fz_subsample_pixmap… advisory

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-2017-7264 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 3.7

mupdf: use-after-free in fz_subsample_pixmap (pixmap.c)

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

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-16)

Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

References

blogs.gentoo.org /ago/2017/02/09/mupdf-use-after-free-in-fz_subsample_pixmap-pixmap-c/
patch, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
git.ghostscript.com /?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=2c4e5867ee699b1081527bc6c6ea0e99a35a5c27
securityfocus.com /bid/97111
vdb-entry
bugs.ghostscript.com /show_bug.cgi?id=697515

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-7264
NVD CVE-2017-7264

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary