5.5

CVE-2018-5686: artifex mupdf Infinite Loop

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-5686UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5686DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5686
Published 14-01-2018Last modified 12-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-5686 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Infinite Loop 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.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-1838-1DSA-4334-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11068-1

Timeline

  1. 14-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.47% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.ghostscript.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Alpine1 product
  • mupdf< 1.13-r0
Artifex1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • mupdfAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 5 products

References

9 links