Security advisory

{
  "id": "bf5211c91f9c14f9e303305216742c66bd827b7716b3c2f27da4b5d9887a4289",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17866",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-17866",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17866",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-17866",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-17866"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/artifexsoftware/mupdf",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "26006b55f02c8d0a4a90ffedb45f724798052ef2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.12.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.11.1",
            "1.11",
            "1.11-rc1",
            "1.10",
            "1.10-rc2",
            "1.10-rc1",
            "1.9a",
            "1.9",
            "1.9-rc2",
            "1.9-rc1",
            "1.8",
            "1.7a",
            "1.7",
            "1.7-rc1",
            "1.6-appstore",
            "1.6-ios-rc2",
            "1.6-ios-rc1",
            "android-release-60",
            "1.6",
            "1.5-ios-rc8",
            "1.5-ios-appstore",
            "1.5-ios-rc7",
            "1.5-ios-rc6",
            "1.5-ios",
            "1.5",
            "1.4-ios",
            "1.4",
            "1.3rc1",
            "1.2",
            "1.1-forms-tech-preview",
            "1.0",
            "1.0rc1",
            "0.9",
            "0.8",
            "0.7",
            "0.6",
            "0.5",
            "0.4",
            "0.3",
            "0.2",
            "0.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17866.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:37.979743911Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334",
        "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698699"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-17866",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434343,
  "published_at": "2017-12-27T17:08:20.64+00:00"
}