CVE-2025-46206

Published: Aug 4, 2025Updated: Jul 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-674

6.5MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

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

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-674

Affected Products

artifex

commercial·USaka artifex software

mupdf

OSS Libraries

ООО «Ред Софт»

commercial·RUaka red soft

РЕД ОСOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»

commercial·RU

РОСА ХРОМOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»

commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra

Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Artifex Software Inc.

commercial·USaka artifex

MuPDF

OSS Libraries

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708521

bugs.ghostscript.com

https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=0ec7e4d2201bb6df217e01c17396d36297abf9ac

cgit.ghostscript.com

https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-46206

github.com

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