CVE-2018-16647: artifex mupdf

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16647 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in artifex mupdf. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 06-09-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 12-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the pdf_get_xref_entry function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault in fz_write_data in fitz/output.c) via a crafted pdf file.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.