Resource management error in MuPDF - CVE-2019-6131
Published: January 11, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36244
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6131
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
MuPDF
MuPDF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
svg-run.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.14.0 has infinite recursion with stack consumption in svg_run_use_symbol, svg_run_element, and svg_run_use, as demonstrated by mutool.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6131
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106558
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700442
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNJNEX5EW6YH5OARXXSSXW4HHC5PIBSY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEK2EHVNREJ7XZMFF2MXRWKIF4IBHPNE/