Vulnerability CVE-2018-5686
Published: 2018-01-13   Modified: 2018-01-14

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.

Type:

CWE-835

 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Debian -> Debian linux 
Artifex -> Mupdf 

 References:
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334
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