CVE-2024-46657

Exp

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.

Published: 2024-12-10 Last update: 2025-07-01 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2024-46657 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-46657

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-46657

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-24 0.05% 0.03% -0.02%
2 2026-02-17 0.03% 0.05% +0.02%
3 2025-11-21 0.03%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-46657

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-46657

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-46657

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2024-46657 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mupdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-46657
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-46657 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mupdf), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream, xenial): not-affected 4, released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-46657

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-46657

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
artifex mupdf 1.24.9 cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.24.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-46657

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