CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-21896

Use After Free

Published: Aug 22, 2023 | Modified: Nov 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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A Use After Free vulnerability in svg_dev_text_span_as_paths_defs function in source/fitz/svg-device.c in Artifex Software MuPDF 1.16.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via opening of a crafted PDF file.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MupdfArtifex1.16.0 (including)1.16.0 (including)
MupdfUbuntubionic*
MupdfUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
MupdfUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
MupdfUbuntufocal*
MupdfUbuntulunar*
MupdfUbuntumantic*
MupdfUbuntuoracular*
MupdfUbuntutrusty*
MupdfUbuntuupstream*
MupdfUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References