CVE-2017-17858 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 xref subsection object numbers are unrestricted.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06191.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Artifex Subscribe	Mupdf Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-9005	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 xref subsection object numbers are unrestricted.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=55c3f68d638ac1263a386e0aaa004bb6e8bde731
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698819
https://github.com/mzet-/Security-Advisories/blob/master/mzet-adv-2017-01.md
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-22T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:49.322Z

Reserved: 2017-12-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-17858

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-22T15:29:00.210

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:18:50.003

Link: CVE-2017-17858

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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