Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5686
CVE-2018-5686
Description
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.
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References
5- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334nvdThird Party Advisory
- cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/nvd
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