Artifex Software mupdf v1.24.9 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component /tools/pdfextract.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7888-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that MuPDF could be made to divide by zero. An attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-51103, CVE-2023-51104, CVE-2023-51105, CVE-2023-51106)

    It was discovered that MuPDF incorrectly handled memory under certain circumstances, which could lead to a     NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2024-46657)

    It was discovered that MuPDF could enter an infinite recursion when parsing certain PDF files. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-46206)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Artifex Software mupdf v1.24.9 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component     /tools/pdfextract.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted     PDF file. (CVE-2024-46657)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-bfc5e25437 advisory.

    fix CVE-2024-46657 (rhbz#2331626)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-7d002ee0e7 advisory.

    fix CVE-2024-46657 (rhbz#2331627)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
277319	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 : MuPDF vulnerabilities (USN-7888-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
229153	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-46657	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
213600	Fedora 40 : mupdf (2024-bfc5e25437)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
213550	Fedora 41 : mupdf (2025-7d002ee0e7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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