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 | oracular | * |
| Mupdf | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Mupdf | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Mupdf | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706506
- https://gist.github.com/spookhorror/c770d118767b1b0d89fdfe2845169d06
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=c0015401693b58e2deb5d75c39f27bc1216e47c6
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706506
- https://gist.github.com/spookhorror/c770d118767b1b0d89fdfe2845169d06
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=c0015401693b58e2deb5d75c39f27bc1216e47c6