CVE-2018-1000037

Public Exploit

Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple reachable assertions in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (assert crash) via a crafted file.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.30%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8a3257b01faa899dd9b5e35c6bb3403cd709c371%3Bhp=de39f005f12a1afc6973c1f5cec362d6545f70cb
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5511 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b2e7d38e845c7d4922d05e6e41f3a2dc1bc1b14a%3Bhp=f51836b9732c38d945b87fda0770009a77ba680c
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5503 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5501 issue tracking patch exploit third party advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=71ceebcf56e682504da22c4035b39a2d451e8ffd%3Bhp=7f82c01523505052615492f8e220f4348ba46995
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5490 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5564 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698888
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698882
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698886
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698890

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000037?
CVE-2018-1000037 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000037?
To fix CVE-2018-1000037, 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-2018-1000037 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-1000037 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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