CVE-2018-19881
In Artifex MuPDF 1.14.0, svg/svg-run.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-19881- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-19881- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11555 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-11555- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9v5c-3867-7h2w
5.5
In Artifex MuPDF 1.14.0, svg/svg-run.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
- Record
GHSA-9v5c-3867-7h2w- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-400
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
5.5
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-19881- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-19881
5.5
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19881- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-19881 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Artifex Mupdf, published December 6, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.57%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in mupdf 1.15.0+ds1-1.
References
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700442
github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/mupdf/20181203
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SEK2EHVNREJ7XZMFF2MXRWKIF4IBHPNE
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNJNEX5EW6YH5OARXXSSXW4HHC5PIBSY
cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit?id=c8f7e48ff74720a5e984ae19d978a5ab4d5dde5b
bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700342
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19881
cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit?id=a7f7d91cdff8d303c11d458fa8b802776f73c8cc
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CNJNEX5EW6YH5OARXXSSXW4HHC5PIBSY
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SEK2EHVNREJ7XZMFF2MXRWKIF4IBHPNE
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9v5c-3867-7h2w
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19881