CVE-2017-15587: artifex mupdf Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15587 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in artifex mupdf. EPSS estimates a 1.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 18-10-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An integer overflow was discovered in pdf_read_new_xref_section in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.11.

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundThe product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.