| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1838-1, DSA-4334-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 887130 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mupdf (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.5-1+deb8u6 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.14.0+ds1-4+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 1.14.0+ds1-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.17.0+ds1-2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1.17.0+ds1-1.3~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.21.1+ds2-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.24.10+ds1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[wheezy] - mupdf <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860
pdf_parse_array function in source/pdf/pdf-parse.c does not consider
EOF.
Fixed by: https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;h=b70eb93f6936c03d8af52040bbca4d4a7db39079