Out-of-Bounds Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.13-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.98% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE314-MUPDF-1308386
  • published22 Jan 2018
  • disclosed22 Jan 2018

Introduced: 22 Jan 2018

CVE-2017-17858  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.14 mupdf to version 1.13-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mupdf package and not the mupdf package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.14 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.