CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17866
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
pdf/pdf-write.c in Artifex MuPDF before 1.12.0 mishandles certain length changes when a repair operation occurs during a clean operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.
Affected configurations
• artifex mupdf (< 1.12.0)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?520cc26d18c9ee245b56e9e91f9d4fcae02be5f0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?520cc26d18c9ee245b56e9e91f9d4fcae02be5f0 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334 Third Party Advisory