CVE-2017-14946 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Artifex GSView 6.0 Beta on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at mupdfnet64!mIncrementalSaveFile+0x000000000000344e."

Published: 2017-09-29

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gsview:6.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6423	Artifex GSView 6.0 Beta on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at mupdfnet64!mIncrementalSaveFile+0x000000000000344e."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00772.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698538

History

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Subscriptions

Artifex Gsview

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-29T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:38:44.702Z

Reserved: 2017-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-14946

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-30T01:29:02.837

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:07:01.897

Link: CVE-2017-14946

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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