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title: "CVE-2019-13290\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2019-13290

Publication date 4 July 2019

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13290?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Artifex MuPDF 1.15.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in
fz\_append\_display\_node located at fitz/list-device.c, allowing remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file. This occurs
with a large BDC property name that overflows the allocated size of a
display list node.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mupdf | 26.04 LTS resolute | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 25.10 questing | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 25.04 plucky | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 24.10 oracular | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 23.10 mantic | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 23.04 lunar | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 22.10 kinetic | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 21.10 impish | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 21.04 hirsute | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 20.10 groovy | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 19.10 eoan | Fixed 1.15.0+ds1-1 |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Vulnerable |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-13290)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13290)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-13290)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13290)

### Other references

* <http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=aaf794439e40a2ef544f15b50c20e657414dec7a>
* <http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=ed19bc806809ad10c4ddce515d375581b86ede85>
* <https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701118>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13290>