PT-2018-9803 · Artifex+2 · Mupdf+2

Traceprobe · Published 2018-04-22 · Updated 2025-10-16 · CVE-2018-10289

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 version 1.13.0

Description: The issue is related to an infinite loop in the fz skip space function of the pdf/pdf-xref.c file. This could allow a remote adversary to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

Recommendations: For MuPDF version 1.13.0, consider disabling the fz skip space function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3475

ALT-PU-2020-3484

ALT-PU-2024-9899

CVE-2018-10289

DLA-2765-1

USN-7825-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linuxmint

Mupdf

References · 61

• 🔥 https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699271 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10289 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10289 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10247 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3407 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10289 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-26683 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-6060 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3475 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21896 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000036 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37220 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000036 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-01673 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16648 · Vendor Advisory