CVE-2018-1000040
Publication date 24 May 2018
Last updated 4 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple use of uninitialized value bugs in the PDF parser could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) or influence program flow via a crafted file.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | 
|---|---|---|
| mupdf | 25.10 questing | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 25.04 plucky | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 24.04 LTS noble | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 20.04 LTS focal | 
                              
                               
                                Not affected 
                                
                               
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | 
                              
                               
                                Vulnerable 
                                
                               
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | 
                              
                               
                                Vulnerable 
                                
                               
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | 
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value | 
|---|---|
| Base score | 
                      
                      
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| Attack vector | Local | 
| Attack complexity | Low | 
| Privileges required | None | 
| User interaction | Required | 
| Scope | Unchanged | 
| Confidentiality | None | 
| Integrity impact | None | 
| Availability impact | High | 
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | 
References
Other references
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5596
 - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5600
 - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5603
 - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5609
 - https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5610
 - http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git;a=commitdiff;h=83d4dae44c71816c084a635550acc1a51529b881;hp=f597300439e62f5e921f0d7b1e880b5c1a1f1607
 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000040