CVE-2020-21896

Published: 22 August 2023

A Use After Free vulnerability in svg_dev_text_span_as_paths_defs function in source/fitz/svg-device.c in Artifex Software MuPDF 1.16.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of a crafted PDF file.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
mupdf Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	noble	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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