Mupdf
CVE-2025-46206
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Recursion depth limits
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| Impact | CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.24%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
An issue in Artifex mupdf 1.25.6, 1.25.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite recursion in the mutool clean utility. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-674. An issue in Artifex mupdf 1.25.6, 1.25.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite recursion in the mutool clean utility. When processing a crafted PDF file containing cyclic /Next references in the outline structure, the strip_outline() function enters infinite recursion Affected products include: Artifex Mupdf.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
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2DescriptionCVE.org
An issue in Artifex mupdf 1.25.6, 1.25.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite recursion in the mutool clean utility. When processing a crafted PDF file containing cyclic /Next references in the outline structure, the strip_outline() function enters infinite recursion
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2025-46206 presents notable security risk rated CVSS 6.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and monitor for exploitation.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Stack-based buffer overflow in the xps_parse_color function in xps/xps-common.c in MuPDF 1.3 and earlier allows remote a
An issue was discovered in Artifex MuPDF before 1912de5f08e90af1d9d0a9791f58ba3afdb9d465. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5)
Stack-based buffer overflow in jstest_main.c in mujstest in Artifex Software, Inc. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this
Artifex MuPDF 1.11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .xps file, rela
Artifex MuPDF 1.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted
Artifex MuPDF 1.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted
Artifex MuPDF 1.15.0 has a heap-based buffer overflow in fz_append_display_node located at fitz/list-device.c, allowing
In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 and earlier, a stack buffer overflow in function pdf_lookup_cmap_full in pdf/pdf-cmap.c could al
Artifex Mupdf version 1.12.0 contains a Use After Free vulnerability in fz_keep_key_storable that can result in DOS / Po
freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddMenuEntry functi
freeglut 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddSubMenu function. Rated
A floating point exception (divide-by-zero) vulnerability was discovered in Artifex MuPDF 1.23.4 in functon compute_colo
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