UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16647

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16647

    Published: 6 Sept 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16647
    Aliases:
    USN-7825-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16647, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699686, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16647, https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=351c99d8ce23bbf7099dbd52771a095f67e45a2c, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7825-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mupdf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.12.0+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.11+ds1-1.1

    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