CVE-2017-17858

NameCVE-2017-17858
DescriptionHeap-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mupdf (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.5-1+deb8u6fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.14.0+ds1-4+deb9u1fixed
buster1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u3fixed
buster (security), buster (lts)1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u2fixed
bullseye1.17.0+ds1-2fixed
bullseye (security)1.17.0+ds1-1.3~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.21.1+ds2-1fixed
sid, trixie1.24.10+ds1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mupdfsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- mupdf <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.11.1)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698819 (not public)
Fixed by: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commit;h=55c3f68d638ac1263a386e0aaa004bb6e8bde731
Commit https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commit;h=f595e889b91a674eb94db7ca4d832da54f5194cd
switches to use int64_t for public file API offsets and introduced the flaw.
https://github.com/mzet-/Security-Advisories/blob/master/mzet-adv-2017-01.md

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