CVE-2018-6544
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.21%
Description
pdf_load_obj_stm in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 could reference the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document.
How to fix CVE-2018-6544
To remediate CVE-2018-6544, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/mupdf—upgrade to 1.13-r0 or later
- Debian/mupdf—upgrade to 1.12.0+ds1-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-6544 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.13-r0
- from 0, < 1.12.0+ds1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |