What is CVE-2020-16600?

CVE-2020-16600 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-16600?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Artifex Mupdf

CVE-2020-16600

A Use After Free vulnerability exists in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF library 1.17.0-rc1 and earlier when a valid page was followed by a page with invalid pixmap dimensions, causing bander - a static - to point to previously freed memory i…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Mupdf — versions 1.17.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-16600?: CVE-2020-16600 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-16600?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.