CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-31794

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Oct 31, 2023 | Modified: Nov 08, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

MuPDF v1.21.1 was discovered to contain an infinite recursion in the component pdf_mark_list_push. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mupdf Artifex 1.21.1 (including) 1.21.1 (including)
Mupdf Ubuntu bionic *
Mupdf Ubuntu trusty *
Mupdf Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References