UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5686

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5686

    Published: 14 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5686

    Summary:

    Details: In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5686, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5686

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mupdf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.7-1

    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