When was CVE-2018-6544 disclosed?

CVE-2018-6544 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 2, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-6544 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-6544 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 58.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-6544?

CVE-2018-6544 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2018-6544?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-6544, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2018-6544

MEDIUMNVD 5.5

5.5

pdf_load_obj_stm in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 could reference the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: —
EPSS: 58.2%
KEV: Not listed

References (12)

cve@mitrehttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=26527eef77b3e51c2258c8e40845bfbc015e405d
cve@mitrehttp://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=b03def134988da8c800adac1a38a41a1f09a1d89
cve@mitrehttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698830
cve@mitrehttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698965
cve@mitrehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4152
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=26527eef77b3e51c2258c8e40845bfbc015e405d
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=mupdf.git%3Bh=b03def134988da8c800adac1a38a41a1f09a1d89
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698830
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698965
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-15
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4152

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