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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5686: Infinite Loop

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5686: Infinite Loop

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/14/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-mupdf

References

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