CVE-2018-5686

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.82% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860 third party advisory issue tracking exploit
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.html third party advisory mailing list
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=b70eb93f6936c03d8af52040bbca4d4a7db39079

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-5686?
CVE-2018-5686 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-5686?
To fix CVE-2018-5686, 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-2018-5686 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-5686 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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