CVE-2017-14686

7.8 HIGH
Published: September 22, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

Artifex MuPDF 1.11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .xps file, related to a "User Mode Write AV near NULL starting at wow64!Wow64NotifyDebugger+0x000000000000001d" on Windows. This occurs because read_zip_dir_imp in fitz/unzip.c does not check whether size fields in a ZIP entry are negative numbers.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=0f0fbc07d9be31f5e83ec5328d7311fdfd8328b1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698540
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14686
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=0f0fbc07d9be31f5e83ec5328d7311fdfd8328b1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698540
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14686
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

microsoft artifex

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