Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2025· Updated Jul 5, 2026

CVE-2025-46206

Description

An issue in Artifex mupdf 1.25.6, 1.25.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite recursion in the mutool clean utility. When processing a crafted PDF file containing cyclic /Next references in the outline structure, the strip_outline() function enters infinite recursion

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Affected products

Artifex/Mupdf3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.25.6
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=1.25.6, <=1.25.5

Patches

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References

bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/nvdPermissions Required

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