UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6544

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6544

    Published: 2 Feb 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6544

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6544, http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=26527eef77b3e51c2258c8e40845bfbc015e405d, http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=b03def134988da8c800adac1a38a41a1f09a1d89, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698830, https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698965, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6544

    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
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