# CVE-2018-1000036: 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) vi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-24 · Updated: 2024-09-13

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5502
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00013.html
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698887
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=8aa2bd34065d2844aae778bd4cc20c74bbcd9406

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