CVE-2017-17858
Heap-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
02 Description
Heap-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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-22 15:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 21:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-12-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bf7a8129e66795d183dc18986d75e103bcd85292fa332c104cace68f0ca8fefb
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698819
- github.comhttps://github.com/mzet-/Security-Advisories/blob/master/mzet-adv-2017-01.md
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=55c3f68d638ac1263a386e0aaa004bb6e8bde731
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libmupdf Fixed in 1.12.0-2
- mupdf Fixed in 1.12.0-2
- mupdf-gl Fixed in 1.12.0-2
- mupdf-tools Fixed in 1.12.0-2
- zathura-pdf-mupdf Fixed in 0.3.2-2
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- mupdf No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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