CVE-2018-5686

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5686
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-14 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-30 18:05:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Mupdf 1.12.0 - All All
Application Artifex Mupdf 1.12.0 - All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
698860 – Infinite Loop in pdf_parse_array function (source/pdf/pdf-parse.c) MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-15) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4334-1 mupdf DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1838-1] mupdf security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501085 Alpine Linux Security Update for mupdf
  • 710282 Gentoo Linux MuPDF Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-15)
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