CVE-2017-17866

HIGH

Artifex MuPDF < 1.12.0 - Buffer Overflow via Crafted PDF Document

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334
Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 35.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
artifex/mupdf < 1.12.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
Published Dec 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026