5.5

CVE-2023-31794: artifex mupdf Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesopenSUSE-SU-2023:0363-1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31794DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31794
Published 31-10-2023Last modified 05-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-31794 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in artifex mupdf. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-10-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

MuPDF v1.21.1 was discovered to contain an infinite recursion in the component pdf_mark_list_push. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Opensuse2 products
  • mupdf&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 1.21.1-bp155.3.3.1
  • mupdf&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.23.4-2.1
Artifex1 product
Debian1 product
  • mupdfAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.22.1+ds1-1
Suse1 product
  • mupdf&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5< 1.21.1-bp155.3.3.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • mupdfAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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