CVE-2017-14946: artifex gsview

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14946 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in artifex gsview. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 29-09-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Artifex GSView 6.0 Beta on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at mupdfnet64!mIncrementalSaveFile+0x000000000000344e."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.