CVE-2018-5686
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2018 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:00 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMuPDF
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.htmlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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