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 occurs because read_zip_dir_imp in fitz/unzip.c does not check whether size fields in a ZIP entry are negative numbers.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Mupdf — versions 1.11
- Microsoft Windows
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006 (vendor-advisory)
- git.ghostscript.com/
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14686 (Third Party Advisory)
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.