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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-31794

MuPDF v1.21.1 was discovered to contain an infinite recursion in the component pdf_mark_list_push. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

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7 Nov 2026, 17:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-31794

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Oct 2023, 00:00 UTC

MuPDF v1.21.1 was discovered to contain an infinite recursion in the component pdf_mark_list_push. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

osv:CVE-2023-31794
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:51.235522975Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706506",
        "https://gist.github.com/spookhorror/c770d118767b1b0d89fdfe2845169d06",
        "https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=c0015401693b58e2deb5d75c39f27bc1216e47c6",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/31xxx/CVE-2023-31794.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31794"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 519975,
  "published_at": "2023-10-31T00:00:00+00:00"
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