CVE-2017-14687

Public Exploit

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+0x000000000016cb4f" on Windows. This occurs because of mishandling of XML tag name comparisons.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.23%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006 vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=2b16dbd8f73269cb15ca61ece75cf8d2d196ed28
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698558 third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14687 third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00007.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-14687?
CVE-2017-14687 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-14687?
To fix CVE-2017-14687, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-14687 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-14687 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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