CVE-2018-6187

Public Exploit

Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the do_pdf_save_document function in the pdf/pdf-write.c file. Remote attackers could leverage the vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.35%
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
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102823 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698908 issue tracking exploit third party advisory
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=3e30fbb7bf5efd88df431e366492356e7eb969ec

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-6187?
CVE-2018-6187 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-6187?
To fix CVE-2018-6187, 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-2018-6187 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-6187 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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