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high 7.8

CVE-2017-6060 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in jstest_main.c in mujstest in Artifex Software, Inc.

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15128

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.8%
EPSS 6.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in jstest_main.c in mujstest in Artifex Software, Inc. MuPDF 1.10a allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image.

Patch / fix

  • mupdf Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.12.0+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6060

  • mupdf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 1.11-r1
  • mupdf Alpine 3.5 1.10a-r3

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-6060

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • mupdf-tools Arch Linux 1.12-1

arch linux advisories AVG-666

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-6060 updated cvss 3.3

mupdf: Stack-based buffer overflow in jstest_main.c

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-42139)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

6.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42139 Artifex MuPDF mujstest 1.10a - Null Pointer Dereference dos, 2017-02-17
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/18/1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • blogs.gentoo.org https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/17/mupdf-mujstest-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-main-jstest_main-c/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.ghostscript.com https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697551 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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