CVE-2018-1000040 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Artifex MuPDF versions 1.12.0 and earlier, as well as associated Debian Linux packages. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) stems from multiple use of uninitialized value bugs in the PDF parser, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to crash the application or influence program flow through a crafted file, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.