Resource exhaustion in Artifex Mupdf
CVE-2018-19881
In Artifex MuPDF 1.14.0, svg/svg-run.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursive calls followed by a fitz/xml.c fz_xml_att crash from excessive stack consumption) via a crafted svg file, as demonstrated by mupdf-gl.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Mupdf — versions 1.14.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi
- github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/mupdf/20181203 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19881?
- CVE-2018-19881 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-12-06.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19881?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.