CVE-2018-19777 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via an infinite loop in MuPDF's SVG device handling when processing malicious files.
- 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-2018-19777?
CVE-2018-19777 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, published on 30 Nov 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 1.14.0, there is an infinite loop in the function svg_dev_end_tile in fitz/svg-device.c, as demonstrated by mutool.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19777?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Artifex Mupdf, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19777?
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-2018-19777 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19777 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Mupdf
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19777, GHSA-2cmx-xmf3-qm89, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19777.