What is CVE-2017-14686?

CVE-2017-14686 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-14686?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Artifex Mupdf

CVE-2017-14686

Artifex MuPDF 1.11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .xps file, related to a "User Mode Write AV near NULL starting at wow64!Wow64NotifyDebugger+0x000000000000001d" on Windows. This occur…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (56.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Artifex Mupdf — versions 1.11
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14686?: CVE-2017-14686 is a high-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-14686?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.