Integer overflow in MuPDF - CVE-2017-15587

 

Integer overflow in MuPDF - CVE-2017-15587

Published: October 18, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38062
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15587
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
MuPDF

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An integer overflow was discovered in pdf_read_new_xref_section in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.11.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-15587

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources