Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-17858: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
01/22/2018
08/23/2024
08/22/2024
08/22/2024
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- alpine-linux-upgrade-mupdf
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