CVE-2018-5686

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5686
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-01-14T02:29:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-01-30T18:05:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-835 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5686
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5686
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:51:31 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:03:57 2018-01-14T02:29Z 2018-01-14T02:29:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:03:57 2020-01-30T18:05:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:03:57 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated