CVE-2018-6544
N/A
Published: February 2, 2018 at 09:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMuPDF
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
pdf_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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698830x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698965Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4152Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-674
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