Medium
Security advisory
In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the pdf_get_xref_entry function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault in fz_write_data in fitz/output.c) via a crafted pdf file.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-16647
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the pdf_get_xref_entry function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault in fz_write_data in fitz/output.c) via a crafted pdf file.
osv:CVE-2018-16647
Complete source record
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"method": "structured",
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"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00019.html",
"https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699686"
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"published_at": "2018-09-06T23:29:01.82+00:00"
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