CVE-2018-1000038
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, a stack buffer overflow in function pdf_lookup_cmap_full in pdf/pdf-cmap.c could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.
02 Description
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, a stack buffer overflow in function pdf_lookup_cmap_full in pdf/pdf-cmap.c could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-05-24 13:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 12:33Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-02-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a3ee407fd564a78dbf6968f15e71b095cb0fbf1f04fa3c6f985d0732c9f9eecd
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=71ceebcf56e682504da22c4035b39a2d451e8ffd%3Bhp=7f82c01523505052615492f8e220f4348ba46995
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5494
- git.ghostscript.comhttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f597300439e62f5e921f0d7b1e880b5c1a1f1607%3Bhp=093fc3b098dc5fadef5d8ad4b225db9fb124758b
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698884
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mupdf Fixed in 1.13.0+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mupdf Fixed in 1.13.0+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mupdf Fixed in 1.13.0+ds1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- mupdf No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- mupdf No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.