Vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf
CVE-2018-1000036
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple memory leaks in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Mupdf
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi
- cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1000036?
- CVE-2018-1000036 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-05-24.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1000036?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-1000036 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.