Improper Input Validation Affecting mupdf package, versions [,1.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MUPDF-2367852
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2018

CVE-2018-1000037  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mupdf to version 1.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. In MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple reachable assertions in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (assert crash) via a crafted file.

CVSS Scores

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