CVE-2026-25556 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-25556: MuPDF 1.23.0 through 1.27.0 Barcode Decoding Double Free

Vendor Artifex Software
Product MuPDF
Weakness CWE-415
Published February 6, 2026
Last update May 25, 2026

CVSS base score

5.9/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

MuPDF versions 1.23.0 through 1.27.0 contain a double-free vulnerability in fz_fill_pixmap_from_display_list() when an exception occurs during display list rendering. The function accepts a caller-owned fz_pixmap pointer but incorrectly drops the pixmap in its error handling path before rethrowing the exception. Callers (including the barcode decoding path in fz_decode_barcode_from_display_list) also drop the same pixmap in cleanup, resulting in a double-free that can corrupt the heap and crash the process. This issue affects applications that enable and use MuPDF barcode decoding and can be triggered by processing crafted input that causes a rendering-time error while decoding barcodes.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 6, 2026 CVE published
May 25, 2026 Record updated