CVE-2018-6544

MEDIUM

Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 - Denial of Service via Recursive Object Stream Reference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

pdf_load_obj_stm in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 could reference the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698965
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4152
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698830

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-674
Status published
Products (3)
artifex/mupdf 1.12.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
Published Feb 02, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026