PT-2024-32098 · Artifex+3 · Mupdf+3

Published 2024-12-10 · Updated 2025-11-25 · CVE-2024-46657

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Artifex Software mupdf version 1.24.9

Description A segmentation fault was discovered in the /tools/pdfextract.c component, allowing attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file. The issue is related to the pdfextract.c component, but specific details about vulnerable parameters or variables are not provided.

Recommendations For Artifex Software mupdf version 1.24.9, consider avoiding the use of the /tools/pdfextract.c component until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to this component to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-46657

USN-7888-1

Affected Products

Debian

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Mupdf

References · 20

• https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/mupdf/commit/b5c898a30f068b5342e8263a2cd5b9f0be291aac · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51103 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7888-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/diff/?id=b5c898a30f068b5342e8263a2cd5b9f0be291aac · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7888-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46657 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gist.github.com/isumitpatel/615e6bd2621cb46b5d980ddb9db223e2 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51105 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46657 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51104 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-46206 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-46657 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-51106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46657 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-46657 · Vendor Advisory