Security readout for executives and security teams
A crafted image can crash MuPDF 1.10a. The documented impact is denial of service, not data theft or code execution. Organizations are exposed where MuPDF or applications embedding it process untrusted files. Most likely exposure is document, image, or PDF-processing workflows using MuPDF 1.10a or downstream packages before vendor fixes. Exposure depends on whether untrusted files reach MuPDF parsing paths. Treat this as a targeted availability risk for file-processing services. Prioritize systems that automatically parse external documents or images, especially internet-facing upload and conversion workflows. Mitigation focus: Identify MuPDF versions in products, servers, containers, and bundled desktop applications.; Apply vendor or distribution updates referenced by Debian, Gentoo, or MuPDF maintainers.; Check Ghostscript/MuPDF guidance for the fixing commit and supported upgrade path..
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- Known Exploited
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CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697515CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201702-12CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
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CWE details
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