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CVE-2018-10289

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

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.

Affected products

• Artifex MuPDF: 1.13.0
• Debian Linux: 9.0

References

• http://www.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/findgit.cgi?2e43685dc8a8a886fc9df9b3663cf199404f7637
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699271
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.html
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699271
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.html

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