CVE-2017-17866: artifex mupdf

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-17866 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in artifex mupdf. EPSS estimates a 1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 23-12-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• 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.