DSA-4753-1 mupdf -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4753-1 mupdf -- security update

Date Reported:

29 Aug 2020

Affected Packages:

mupdf

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 931475.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-13290.

More information:

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was discovered in MuPDF, a lightweight PDF viewer, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mupdf packages.

For the detailed security status of mupdf please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mupdf