# CVE-2017-15587: An integer overflow was discovered in pdf\_read\_new\_xref\_section in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.11.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-10-18 · Updated: 2024-09-11

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An integer overflow was discovered in pdf_read_new_xref_section in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.11.

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## References

- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4006
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00007.html
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=82df2631d7d0446b206ea6b434ea609b6c28b0e8
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698605
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698704
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=d18bc728e46c5a5708f14d27c2b6c44e1d0c3232

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