CVE-2023-51107 Denial of service in n/a
A divide-by-zero error in MuPDF's color computation can cause a denial of service, though the vulnerability is disputed by the supplier.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-51107?
CVE-2023-51107 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Artifex Mupdf, published on 26 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) vulnerability was discovered in Artifex MuPDF 1.23.4 in functon compute_color() of jquant2.c. NOTE: this is disputed by the supplier because there was not reasonable evidence to determine the existence of a vulnerability or identify the affected product.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51107?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Artifex Mupdf.
How do I fix CVE-2023-51107?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-51107 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2023-51107 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-51107 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Artifex Mupdf
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51107, GHSA-hh7p-pq2q-6p59, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51107.