PT-2018-9224 · Artifex+2 · Mupdf+2

Sebastian Rasmussen · Published 2018-05-24 · Updated 2025-10-16 · CVE-2018-1000036

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MuPDF versions 1.12.0 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to multiple memory leaks in the PDF parser, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

Recommendations: For MuPDF versions 1.12.0 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 1.12.0 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2415

CVE-2018-1000036

DLA-2765-1

USN-7825-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Mupdf

References · 84

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