CVE-2025-46206

6.5 MEDIUM
Published: August 04, 2025 Modified: October 02, 2025
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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 v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

5 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
6.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
35th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-674

Affected Vendors

artifex

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