Artifex Mupdf version 1.12.0 contains a Use After Free vulnerability in fz_keep_key_storable that can result in DOS / Possible code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim opens a specially crafted PDF.

This update for mupdf fixes the following security issue :

  - CVE-2018-1000051: Prevent use after free in     fz_keep_key_storable that can result in DOS / possible     code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via     Victim opens a specially crafted PDF (bsc#1080531).

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-15 (MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities)

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

    A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted       file, could possibly execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service       condition, or have other unspecified impacts.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in MuPDF, a PDF, XPS, and e-book viewer, which may result in denial of service or remote code execution. An attacker can craft a PDF document which, when opened in the victim host, might consume vast amounts of memory, crash the program, or, in some cases, execute code in the context in which the application is running.

CVE-2018-6192 CVE-2018-6544 CVE-2018-1000051 CVE-2018-6187

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for mupdf fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-1000051: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability     in fz_keep_key_storable that can potentially result in     DoS / remote code execution (boo#1080531)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
123188	openSUSE Security Update : mupdf (openSUSE-2019-429)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
119160	GLSA-201811-15 : MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
110435	openSUSE Security Update : mupdf (openSUSE-2018-592)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
108663	Debian DSA-4152-1 : mupdf - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
106958	Fedora 27 : mupdf (2018-da6f76b446)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
106862	openSUSE Security Update : mupdf (openSUSE-2018-167)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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