CVE-2018-1000036

Public Exploit

Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple memory leaks in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.31%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5502 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.html third party advisory mailing list
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698887
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=8aa2bd34065d2844aae778bd4cc20c74bbcd9406

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000036?
CVE-2018-1000036 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000036?
To fix CVE-2018-1000036, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-1000036 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1000036 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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