CVE-2018-16648 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-16648 PUBLISHED

In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the fz_append_byte function in fitz/buffer.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted pdf file. This is caused by a pdf/pdf-device.c pdf_dev_alpha array-index underflow.

EPSS 0.14% · 33.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.14%

33.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	mupdf	0, 1.11+ds1-1.1, 1.11+ds1-2

Timeline

Sep 6, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16648 third-party-advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699685 third-party-advisory
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=38f883fe129a5e89306252a4676eaaf4bc968824 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16648 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7825-1 vendor-advisory

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