CVE-2018-1000037 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file due to reachable assertions in the MuPDF parser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1000037?
CVE-2018-1000037 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, published on 24 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple reachable assertions in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (assert crash) via a crafted file.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000037?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Artifex Mupdf, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1000037?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-1000037 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-1000037 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Mupdf
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000037, GHSA-c9gq-c7g6-cr8x, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000037.