CVE-2018-5686

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2018-5686 · Published 14/01/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-5686 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting mupdf (artifex).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 73.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mupdf artifex	`= 1.12.0`	No fix yet

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.

References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.html · Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15 · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

mupdf

artifex

= 1.12.0

No fix yet

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