CVE-2017-17866 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Artifex MuPDF versions prior to 1.12.0, specifically within the pdf/pdf-write.c component, affecting Artifex MuPDF and Debian Linux distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially achieve other impacts by providing a specially crafted PDF document. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) for exploitation, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.