CVE-2025-46206

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

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
http://artifex.com	Product
http://mupdf.com	Product
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708521	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=0ec7e4d2201bb6df217e01c17396d36297abf9ac	Permissions Required
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-46206	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-08-04 18:15

Updated : 2025-10-02 17:39

NVD link : CVE-2025-46206

Mitre link : CVE-2025-46206

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-46206

JSON object : View

Products Affected

artifex

mupdf

CWE

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

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