CVE-2018-16648
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
In Artifex MuPDF 1.13.0, the fz_append_byte function in fitz/buffer.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted pdf file. This is caused by a pdf/pdf-device.c pdf_dev_alpha array-index underflow.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.47%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 73
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-129
Referencias
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699685
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=38f883fe129a5e89306252a4676eaaf4bc968824
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00019.html
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699685
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00019.html
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