Vulnerability in Artifex mupdf (CVE-2025-46206)
Summary
Vulnerability in Artifex mupdf (CVE-2025-46206). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-46206 has been found in Artifex mupdf.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Artifex mupdf CVE-2025-46206" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-46206 (Artifex mupdf) — CWE-674 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-674) exists in Artifex mupdf.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Artifex mupdf.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Artifex mupdf を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-46206 mupdf
References
- advisory cve@mitre.org
- exploit cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org
- web cve@mitre.org