vulnerability

Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2017-17858)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 22, 2018
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ensure_solid_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 allows an attacker to potentially execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file, because xref subsection object numbers are unrestricted.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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