Denial of Service Vulnerability in MuPDF by Artifex Software
CVE-2023-31794

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Artifex
Status
MuPDF
Vendor
CVE Published:
31 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-31794?

MuPDF version 1.21.1 is affected by a vulnerability in the pdf_mark_list_push component, which can lead to an infinite recursion scenario. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by crafting malicious PDF files, which, when processed, may result in a Denial of Service condition, impacting the application's availability and performance.

References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706506
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=c0015401693b...
https://gist.github.com/spookhorror/c770d118767b1b0d89fdf...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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