CVE-2025-46206 Affecting mupdf package, versions <1.12.0+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
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- published16 Aug 2025
- disclosed4 Aug 2025
Introduced: 4 Aug 2025
CVE-2025-46206 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 mupdf to version 1.12.0+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue in Artifex mupdf 1.25.6, 1.25.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite recursion in the mutool clean utility. When processing a crafted PDF file containing cyclic /Next references in the outline structure, the strip_outline() function enters infinite recursion
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2025-46206
- http://artifex.com
- http://mupdf.com
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708521
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=0ec7e4d2201bb6df217e01c17396d36297abf9ac
- https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-46206