medium5.5
CVE-2018-5686
In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered.
Impact
In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Artifex | Mupdf | Version 1.12.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=b70eb93f6936c03d8af52040bbca4d4a7db39079
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334