PT-2018-9226 · Artifex+1 · Mupdf+1

Sebastian Rasmussen · Published 2018-05-24 · Updated 2024-07-15 · CVE-2018-1000038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description: A stack buffer overflow in the pdf lookup cmap full function in pdf/pdf-cmap.c could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file. This issue affects the MuPDF library, which is used for rendering PDF files.

Recommendations: For Artifex MuPDF versions 1.12.0 and earlier, consider disabling the pdf lookup cmap full function until a patch is available to prevent potential exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2415

CVE-2018-1000038

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mupdf

References · 51

• 🔥 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5494 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000038 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000040 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15369 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000039 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5896 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-2415 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6525 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000038 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6265 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5991 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10246 · Security Note