5.5

CVE-2018-6187: artifex mupdf Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2018-6187UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6187DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6187
Published 24-01-2018Last modified 11-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-6187 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in artifex mupdf. EPSS estimates a 1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79.4% 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 · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.91%
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 2 · Related 1
DSA-4334-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11068-1

Timeline

  1. 24-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the do_pdf_save_document function in the pdf/pdf-write.c file. Remote attackers could leverage the vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.91% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.91%

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