High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-14686
CVE-2017-14686
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14686nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006nvd
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