CVE-2017-17858

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-17858
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-22 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:41:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the ensure_solid_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 allows a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, because xref subsection object numbers are unrestricted.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Mupdf 1.12.0 All All All
Application Artifex Mupdf 1.12.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-15) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Bug Access Denied MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Permissions Required
Security-Advisories/mzet-adv-2017-01.md at master · mzet-/Security-Advisories · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501085 Alpine Linux Security Update for mupdf
  • 710282 Gentoo Linux MuPDF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-15)
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