Out-of-Bounds Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.14.0+ds1-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MUPDF-5689723
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed6 Sept 2018

Introduced: 6 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-16647  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 mupdf to version 1.14.0+ds1-4 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 Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the pdf_get_xref_entry function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault in fz_write_data in fitz/output.c) via a crafted pdf file.