CVE-2017-17858

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17858
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-01-22T15:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-11-27T11:29:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/mzet-/Security-Advisories/blob/master/mzet-adv-2017-01.md Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698819 Permissions Required
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commit;h=55c3f68d638ac1263a386e0aaa004bb6e8bde731 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17858
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17858
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:51:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:21:42 2018-01-22T15:29Z 2018-01-22T15:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:21:42 2018-11-27T11:29:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:21:42 Modified Vulnerability Status updated