Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2025
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
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MU
Mupdf · Artifex
through 1.25.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46206
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46206
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708521
Permissions Required
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=0ec7e4d2201bb6df217e01c17396d36297abf9ac
Exploit
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-46206
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