CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-5991.md

### [CVE-2017-5991](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5991)
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### Description

An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465. The pdf_run_xobject function in pdf-op-run.c encounters a NULL pointer dereference during a Fitz fz_paint_pixmap_with_mask painting operation. Versions 1.11 and later are unaffected.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697500
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42138/

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.