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title: "CVE-2017-6060\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-6060

Publication date 15 March 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6060?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6060?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mupdf | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6060?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

mujstest is built during build, but not included in binary package

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mupdf | * Upstream:   <http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=user/sebras/mupdf.git;a=blobdiff;f=platform/x11/jstest_main.c;h=f158d9628ed0c0a84e37fe128277679e8334422a;hp=13c3a0a3ba3ff4aae29f6882d23740833c1d842f;hb=06a012a42c9884e3cd653e7826cff1ddec04eb6e;hpb=34e18d127a02146e3415b33c4b67389ce1ddb614> * Upstream:   <http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=blobdiff;f=platform/x11/jstest_main.c;h=768d67f1021acee03e54d1435cfa3c984f781027;hp=264e2ec7bf8c1c620fb396f8e84a8d31053ca71d;hb=cfe8f35bca61056363368c343be36812abde0a06;hpb=d5f302b88925a879d1d3a760b1e0c8aeaff7159c> * Upstream:   <http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commitdiff;h=e089b2e2c1d38c5696c7dfd741e21f8f3ef22b14> |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6060)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6060)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-6060)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6060)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/18/1>
* <https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/02/17/mupdf-mujstest-stack-based-buffer-overflow-in-main-jstest_main-c/>
* <https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697551>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6060>