CVE-2018-16647 (GCVE-0-2018-16647)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-06 23:00 – Updated: 2024-09-12 16:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-09-06 00:00
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