CVE-2018-16648

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    CVE-2018-16648

    Published: 6 Sept 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the fz_append_byte function in fitz/buffer.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted pdf file. This is caused by a pdf/pdf-device.c pdf_dev_alpha array-index underflow.

    References: https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=38f883fe129a5e89306252a4676eaaf4bc968824, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00019.html, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699685

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 4a7822d6750ecb6e0b63f4357738dc20ecaa58f6
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.13.0
    1.13.0-rc1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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