CVE-2026-112036

medium

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Artifex MuPDF up to 1.28.5. This impacts the function free_char_list of the file source/pdf/pdf-xref.c of the component Signature Locking. Performing a manipulation results in double free. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named 3984925b660afb8a781ddf504021e91be1bc671e. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/421684/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/421684

https://vuldb.com/submit/1008495

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-112036

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709768

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/attachment.cgi?id=28609

https://artifex.com/

http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?3984925b660afb8a781ddf504021e91be1bc671e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-19

Updated: 2026-10-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium