CVE-2019-13290

NameCVE-2019-13290
DescriptionArtifex 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2289-1, DSA-4753-1
Debian Bugs931475

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mupdf (PTS)buster1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u2fixed
bullseye1.17.0+ds1-2fixed
bullseye (security)1.17.0+ds1-1.3~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.21.1+ds2-1fixed
sid, trixie1.23.10+ds1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mupdfsourcejessie(not affected)
mupdfsourcestretch1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u5DLA-2289-1
mupdfsourcebuster1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u1DSA-4753-1
mupdfsource(unstable)1.15.0+ds1-1931475

Notes

[jessie] - mupdf <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701118
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=aaf794439e40a2ef544f15b50c20e657414dec7a
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=ed19bc806809ad10c4ddce515d375581b86ede85
Introduced in 1.6 / https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commit;f=source/fitz/list-device.c;h=e9411aba2b71b67b8521f55917ab26585c464b88

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