7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-14685
MuPDF Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

Artifex MuPDF 1.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .xps file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at mupdf+0x000000000016aa61" on Windows. This occurs because xps_load_links_in_glyphs in xps/xps-link.c does not verify that an xps font could be loaded.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 22, 2017, 6:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-14685 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Artifex mupdf
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-14685.

URL Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=ab1a420613dec93c686acbee2c165274e922f82a
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698539 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14685 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-14685 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=ab1a420613dec93c686acbee2c165274e922f82a [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=ab1a420613dec93c686acbee2c165274e922f82a
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 27, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14685 No Types Assigned https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14685 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698539 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698539 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=ab1a420613dec93c686acbee2c165274e922f82a No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=ab1a420613dec93c686acbee2c165274e922f82a Patch
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14685 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.19 }} 0.00%

score

0.54459

percentile

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