MGASA-2017-0479

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    MGASA-2017-0479

    Published: 31 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated mupdf packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the PDF viewer MuPDF, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed PDF file is opened (CVE-2016-8674, CVE-2017-5896, CVE-2017-5991) Terry Chia and Jeremy Heng discovered an integer overflow that can cause arbitrary code execution via a crafted .pdf file (CVE-2017-15587).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0479.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20310, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3797, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mupdf

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/mupdf?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5-4.5.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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