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CVE-2026-120752VulnerabilityPublished

PyMuPDF 1.25.3 before 2.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in JM_set_annot_callout_line() that

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-120752· High 7.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.7 High : upgrade to 2.0 soon.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 01:29 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.07.7
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.17.5
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade pymupdf to 2.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
PyPIpymupdfpkg:pypi/pymupdfOther threatsAffected
  • <2.0
Fixed in
  • 2.0

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, avoid processing untrusted input that uses the Page.add_freetext_annot() function with callout points.

Description

PyMuPDF versions before 2.0, including 1.25.3, have a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the JM_set_annot_callout_line() function. This flaw occurs because the function copies a caller-supplied number of callout points into a fixed-size three-element stack array without proper bounds checking. An attacker controlling the callout argument passed to Page.add_freetext_annot() can supply four or more points, potentially overwriting the stack frame, leading to process crashes or arbitrary code execution.

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