# CVE-2017-7264: 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

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/09/mupdf-use-after-free-in-fz_subsample_pixmap-pixmap-c/
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=2c4e5867ee699b1081527bc6c6ea0e99a35a5c27
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97111
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697515

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