High
Security advisory
Artifex MuPDF 1.15.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in fz_append_display_node located at fitz/list-device.c, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file. This occurs with a large BDC property name that overflows the allocated size of a display list node.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-13290
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:36 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Artifex MuPDF 1.15.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in fz_append_display_node located at fitz/list-device.c, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file. This occurs with a large BDC property name that overflows the allocated size of a display list node.
osv:CVE-2019-13290
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.046441875Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00019.html",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VUXKCY35PKC32IFHN4RBUCZ75OWEYVJH/",
"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4753",
"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701118",
"https://archive.today/oi6bm"
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"published_at": "2019-07-04T22:15:10.807+00:00"
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