# CVE-2018-19881: In Artifex MuPDF 1.14.0, svg/svg-run.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursive calls followed by a fitz/xml.c fz\_xml

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-12-06 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In Artifex MuPDF 1.14.0, svg/svg-run.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursive calls followed by a fitz/xml.c fz_xml_att crash from excessive stack consumption) via a crafted svg file, as demonstrated by mupdf-gl.

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## References

- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700442
- https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/mupdf/20181203
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEK2EHVNREJ7XZMFF2MXRWKIF4IBHPNE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNJNEX5EW6YH5OARXXSSXW4HHC5PIBSY/
- https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=c8f7e48ff74720a5e984ae19d978a5ab4d5dde5b

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