# CVE-2017-14687: Artifex MuPDF 1.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .xps file, related

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-09-22 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

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

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