UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16647

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16647
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16647.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16647
Upstream
Published
2018-09-06T23:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:00Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the pdfgetxrefentry function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault in fzwrite_data in fitz/output.c) via a crafted pdf file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / mupdf

Package

Name
mupdf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mupdf@1.7a-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.7-1
1.7a-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7a-1",
            "binary_name": "libmupdf-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7a-1",
            "binary_name": "mupdf"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.7a-1",
            "binary_name": "mupdf-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / mupdf

Package

Name
mupdf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mupdf@1.12.0+ds1-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.11+ds1-1.1
1.11+ds1-2
1.12.0+ds1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.0+ds1-1",
            "binary_name": "libmupdf-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.0+ds1-1",
            "binary_name": "mupdf"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.12.0+ds1-1",
            "binary_name": "mupdf-tools"
        }
    ]
}