Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 24, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6187
CVE-2018-6187
Description
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the do_pdf_save_document function in the pdf/pdf-write.c file. Remote attackers could leverage the 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
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102823nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- 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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