CVE-2018-1000036

Publication date 24 May 2018

Last updated 17 October 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mupdf	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.12.0+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Patch details

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Package	Patch details
mupdf	Upstream: ?id=8aa

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7825-1
MuPDF vulnerabilities
16 October 2025