CVE-2018-1000037
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple reachable assertions in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 25% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple reachable assertions in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (assert crash) via a crafted file.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- GLSA-201811-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8a3257b01faa899dd9b5e35c6bb3403cd709c371%3Bhp=de39f005f12a1afc6973c1f5cec362d6545f70cb (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5511 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- DSA-4334 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b2e7d38e845c7d4922d05e6e41f3a2dc1bc1b14a%3Bhp=f51836b9732c38d945b87fda0770009a77ba680c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5503 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5501 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=71ceebcf56e682504da22c4035b39a2d451e8ffd%3Bhp=7f82c01523505052615492f8e220f4348ba46995 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5490 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5564 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698888 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698882 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698886 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698890 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-1798 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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