MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202105-30

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MuPDF, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

app-text/mupdf on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.18.0-r3
Unaffected versions >= 1.18.0-r3

Background

MuPDF is a lightweight PDF viewer and toolkit written in portable C.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MuPDF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF document using MuPDF, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impact.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MuPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/mupdf-1.18.0-r3"
 

References

Release date
May 26, 2021

Latest revision
May 26, 2021: 1

Severity
low

Exploitable
local, remote

Bugzilla entries