CVE-2018-6544

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    CVE-2018-6544

    Published: 2 Feb 2018Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: pdf_load_obj_stm in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 could reference the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document.

    References: http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=26527eef77b3e51c2258c8e40845bfbc015e405d, http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=b03def134988da8c800adac1a38a41a1f09a1d89, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4152, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698830, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698965

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 26006b55f02c8d0a4a90ffedb45f724798052ef2
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.12.0

    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