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SUSE: CVE-2017-17858: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-17858: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/22/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/26/2018
Modified
05/03/2019

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)

  • suse-upgrade-mupdf
  • suse-upgrade-mupdf-devel-static

References

  • GLSA-201811-15
  • CVE-2017-17858

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