Artifex GSView 6.0 on Windows xps File memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Artifex GSView 6.0 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component xps File Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-14947. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Artifex GSView 6.0 on Windows. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component xps File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Artifex GSView 6.0 Beta on Windows allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .xps file, related to a "Read Access Violation on Block Data Move starting at mupdfnet64!mIncrementalSaveFile+0x0000000000193359."

The bug was discovered 09/14/2017. The weakness was shared 09/30/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.ghostscript.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-14947 since 09/29/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries VDB-107308 and VDB-107307 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Artifex

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• GSView

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• 6.0

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://artifex.com/

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