Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.13.0+ds1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MUPDF-5689181
  • published14 Jan 2018
  • disclosed14 Jan 2018

Introduced: 14 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 mupdf to version 1.13.0+ds1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mupdf package and not the mupdf package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

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