CVE-2018-6192 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file in the MuPDF library, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2018-6192?
CVE-2018-6192 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, published on 24 Jan 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, the pdf_read_new_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) via a crafted pdf file.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6192?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Artifex Mupdf, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6192?
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-2018-6192 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6192 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Mupdf
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-6192, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6192, GHSA-frp3-7vg6-g629, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6192.