CVE-2018-6187
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the do_pdf_save_document function in the pdf/pdf-write.c file. Remote attackers could leverage the vulnerability to
02 Description
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0, there is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the do_pdf_save_document function in the pdf/pdf-write.c file. Remote attackers could leverage the vulnerability to
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
- 1.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (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:N/I:N/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
- 2018-01-24 10:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-11 16:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-24
- 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
- 1c5c3b42c56d9a109474c25e42a9b64283982b7b10ff053eb01b4c32d8f719e6
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201811-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
- www.debian.orgDSA-4334https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334
- www.securityfocus.com102823http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102823
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698908
- cgit.ghostscript.comhttps://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=3e30fbb7bf5efd88df431e366492356e7eb969ec
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libmupdf Fixed in 1.13.0-1
- mupdf Fixed in 1.13.0-1
- mupdf-gl Fixed in 1.13.0-1
- mupdf-tools Fixed in 1.13.0-1
- zathura-pdf-mupdf Fixed in 0.3.3-3
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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.