CVE-2017-17866
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
02 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
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
- 1.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.0% 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
- 2017-12-23 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 21:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-12-23
- 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
- 23341f6dc92a5e33f062226e427e8262f7f8de99f7842f116d214fb7c07f086f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-4334https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334
- www.ghostscript.comhttp://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?520cc26d18c9ee245b56e9e91f9d4fcae02be5f0
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mupdf Fixed in 1.12.0+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mupdf Fixed in 1.12.0+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mupdf Fixed in 1.12.0+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- mupdf No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.