{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17866","details":"pdf/pdf-write.c in Artifex MuPDF before 1.12.0 mishandles certain length changes when a repair operation occurs during a clean operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PDF document.","modified":"2025-10-16T16:56:06Z","published":"2017-12-27T17:08:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-17866"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17866"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?520cc26d18c9ee245b56e9e91f9d4fcae02be5f0"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17866"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mupdf","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mupdf@1.7a-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.7-1","1.7a-1","1.7a-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libmupdf-dev","binary_version":"1.7a-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"mupdf","binary_version":"1.7a-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"mupdf-tools","binary_version":"1.7a-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17866.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}