Name: CVE-2025-46206: Uncontrolled Recursion
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-08-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2025-46206, CWE-674, CVSS 6.5, EPSS 0.0041

An issue in Artifex mupdf 1.25.6, 1.25.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite recursion in the `mutool clean` utility. When processing a crafted PDF file containing cyclic /Next references in the outline structure, the `strip_outline()` function enters infinite recursion

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade mupdfUpgrade mupdf-toolsUpgrade mupdf (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade mupdf-tools (Ubuntu Pro)	Nov 27, 2025	Aug 4, 2025

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CVSS Details

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