What is CVE-2019-14975?

CVE-2019-14975 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-14975?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Artifex Mupdf

CVE-2019-14975

Artifex MuPDF before 1.16.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in fz_chartorune in fitz/string.c because pdf/pdf-op-filter.c does not check for a missing string.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (61.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Mupdf
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14975?: CVE-2019-14975 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-14975?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.