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Debian Security Announcement DSA-4794-1: Moderate MuPDF Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 21, 2020
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA-4794-2 concerns a buffer overflow vulnerability in MuPDF, which could allow for unauthorized code execution.
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 malformed documents...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u2.

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/source-package/mupdf

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: mupdf
CVE ID: CVE-2020-26519

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