CVE-2020-19609

Public Exploit

Description

Artifex MuPDF before 1.18.0 has a heap based buffer over-write in tiff_expand_colormap() function when parsing TIFF files allowing attackers to cause a denial of service.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.45%
Vendor Advisory ghostscript.com Vendor Advisory ghostscript.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701176 issue tracking patch vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=b7892cdc7fae62aa57d63ae62144e1f11b5f9275
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=703076 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-19609?
CVE-2020-19609 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-19609?
To fix CVE-2020-19609, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-19609 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-19609 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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