CVE-2026-7233
Artifex MuPDF CFF Index subset-cff.c fz_subset_cff_for_gids out-of-bounds
What happened?
A vulnerability was determined in Artifex MuPDF. The impacted element is the function fz_subset_cff_for_gids of the file subset-cff.c of the component CFF Index Handler. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed locally. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| MuPDFArtifex | affected: 1.24.0; affected: 1.24.1; affected: 1.24.2; affected: 1.24.3; affected: 1.24.4; affected: 1.24.5; affected: 1.24.6; affected: 1.24.7; affected: 1.24.8; affected: 1.24.9; affected: 1.24.10; affected: 1.24.11; affected: 1.25.0; affected: 1.25.1; affected: 1.25.2; affected: 1.25.3; affected: 1.25.4; affected: 1.25.5; affected: 1.25.6; affected: 1.26.0; affected: 1.26.1; affected: 1.26.2; affected: 1.26.3; affected: 1.26.4; affected: 1.26.5; affected: 1.26.6; affected: 1.26.7; affected: 1.26.8; affected: 1.26.9; affected: 1.26.10; affected: 1.26.11; affected: 1.26.12; affected: 1.27.0; affected: 1.27.1; affected: 1.27.2; affected: 1.28.0 | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-7233
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/359840
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/359840/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-7233
- https://vuldb.com/submit/802590
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709328
- https://github.com/biniamf/pocs/tree/main/mupdf-cff-indexload-oobread
- https://artifex.com/