CVE-2018-1000036Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Mupdf

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 48.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 24
Latest updateOct 16

Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple memory leaks in the PDF parser allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

Debianartifex/mupdf< 1.14.0+ds1-1+3
Ubuntuartifex/mupdf< 1.7a-1ubuntu0.1~esm1+2
NVDartifex/mupdf1.12.0

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
mupdf vulnerabilities2025-10-16
GHSA
GHSA-cqwp-8vf4-jg4p: In MuPDF 12022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-1000036: In Artifex MuPDF 12018-05-24
OSV
CVE-2018-1000036: In Artifex MuPDF 12018-05-24

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
MuPDF vulnerabilities2025-10-16
Debian
CVE-2018-1000036: mupdf - In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, multiple memory leaks in the PDF parser all...2018

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000036 mupdf: memory leaks in the PDF parser2018-05-24
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-1000036 CVE-2018-1000037 CVE-2018-1000038 CVE-2018-1000039 CVE-2018-1000040 mupdf: various flaws [fedora-all]2018-05-24
CVE-2018-1000036 — Artifex Mupdf vulnerability | cvebase