UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15369

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15369

    Published: 16 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15369

    Summary:

    Details: The build_filter_chain function in pdf/pdf-stream.c in Artifex MuPDF before 2017-09-25 mishandles a certain case where a variable may reside in a register, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Fitz fz_drop_imp use-after-free and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15369, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698592, http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=c2663e51238ec8256da7fc61ad580db891d9fe9a, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15369

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mupdf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.7-1

    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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