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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-13290

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:36 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-13290

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Jul 2019, 22:15 UTC

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": [
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        "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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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435272,
  "published_at": "2019-07-04T22:15:10.807+00:00"
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