CVE-2017-17858

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    CVE-2017-17858

    Published: 22 Jan 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=55c3f68d638ac1263a386e0aaa004bb6e8bde731, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698819, https://github.com/mzet-/Security-Advisories/blob/master/mzet-adv-2017-01.md

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 26006b55f02c8d0a4a90ffedb45f724798052ef2
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.12.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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