CVE-2018-6544

Summary

CVECVE-2018-6544
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-02 09:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:00:00 UTC
Descriptionpdf_load_obj_stm in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 could reference the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Artifex Mupdf 1.12.0 All All All
Application Artifex Mupdf 1.12.0 All 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
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit git.ghostscript.com
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
698830 – denial of service in seek_file MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4152-1 mupdf DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-15) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
git.ghostscript.com Git - mupdf.git/commit MISC git.ghostscript.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
698965 – heap-use-after-free in fz_drop_imp MISC bugs.ghostscript.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, 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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