CVE-2017-17866

HIGH7.8EPSS 0.15%

mupdf - security update

Published: 12/27/2017Modified: 3/9/2026

Also known as:DSA-4334-1DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17866

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.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/mupdffrom 0, < 1.12.0+ds1-1
Debian/mupdffrom 0, < 1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u4

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17866