CVE-2025-71382

MuPDF < 1.27.0-rc1 Stack Exhaustion DoS via EPUB CSS Rendering

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 23, 2026 at 05:21 PM UTC
Updated: October 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMuPDF

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

MuPDF before 1.27.0-rc1 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the EPUB CSS rendering engine that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying a maliciously crafted EPUB file with deeply nested HTML elements and inline CSS styles. The function value_from_inheritable_property() in css-apply.c recurses through the CSS property inheritance chain without a depth limit, exhausting the process stack and causing a crash in any application using MuPDF for EPUB rendering.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.27.0v < 1.27.0-rc1
Affected range stops below 1.27.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.27.0-rc1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-674

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