SB2018103005 - Denial of service in Artifex MuPDF
Published: October 30, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018103005
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18662)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in fz_run_t3_glyph in fitz/font.c when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted .pdf file, trigger out-of-bounds read and cause the application to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.