Security advisory

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  "id": "573842ae926d1654fad14a45d81e3db18b56b155531fa883abed43554392e1af",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5686",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-5686",
    "summary": "In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-5686",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-5686",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-5686"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/artifexsoftware/mupdf",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "26006b55f02c8d0a4a90ffedb45f724798052ef2"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "26006b55f02c8d0a4a90ffedb45f724798052ef2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:1.12.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.12.0-NA"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.12.0-NA"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.12.0-NA",
            "1.12.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5686.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:42.503944366Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=b70eb93f6936c03d8af52040bbca4d4a7db39079",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00027.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334",
        "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698860"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-5686",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435398,
  "published_at": "2018-01-14T02:29:05.213+00:00"
}