Is CVE-2018-5686 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-5686 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-5686?

CVE-2018-5686 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-5686?

CVE-2018-5686 has an EPSS score of 1.47% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5686?

Upgrade mupdf on debian 11 to 1.13.0+ds1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-5686

MEDIUMEPSS 71th pctl

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

mupdfDebian

Fixed in:1.13.0+ds1-1CVE-2018-5686

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

bugs.ghostscript.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references1

cgit.ghostscript.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-835 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13935	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36227	High	7.5	78%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-0778	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-14241	High	7.5	70%	-	-
CVE-2017-16944	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20353	High	8.6	63%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.