ALPINE-CVE-2017-17858

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CVE-2017-17858
Published: 22 Jan 2018, 15:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:09

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Jan 2018, 15:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:09
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 xref subsection object numbers are unrestricted.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•mupdf

    < 1.13-r0 | < 1.13-r0 | < 1.13-r0 | < 1.13-r0 | < 1.13-r0

References (1)