Out-of-Bounds Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u1build0.17.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.86% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-MUPDF-382464
  • published22 Sept 2017
  • disclosed22 Sept 2017

Introduced: 22 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 mupdf to version 1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u1build0.17.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.