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CVE-2018-1000040

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple use of uninitialized value bugs in the PDF parser could allow an attacker

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple use of uninitialized value bugs in the PDF parser could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) or influence program flow via a crafted file.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.00262
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

2
artifex mupdf<= 1.12.0
debian linuxall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

5
pocbugs.chromium.org · detail?id=5596bugs.chromium.org
pocbugs.chromium.org · detail?id=5600bugs.chromium.org
pocbugs.chromium.org · detail?id=5603bugs.chromium.org
pocbugs.chromium.org · detail?id=5609bugs.chromium.org
pocbugs.chromium.org · detail?id=5610bugs.chromium.org
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Scoring & Timeline

5.5
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD24 May 2018 · 01:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698904
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699086
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=ace9e69017c08e1e4ce5912014177414c0382004
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334Third Party Advisory
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