CVE-2018-10289 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 22 Apr 2018 Updated 12 Sep 2024

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in MuPDF by providing a crafted PDF file.

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-2018-10289?

CVE-2018-10289 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, published on 22 Apr 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 MuPDF 1.13.0, there is an infinite loop in the fz_skip_space function of the pdf/pdf-xref.c file. A remote adversary could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10289?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Artifex Mupdf, Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10289?

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-2018-10289 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10289 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10289, GHSA-q684-cg7v-qp6c, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10289.