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title: "CVE-2018-18662\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18662?format=md
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# CVE-2018-18662

Publication date 26 October 2018

Last updated 17 October 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18662?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

There is an out-of-bounds read in fz\_run\_t3\_glyph in fitz/font.c in Artifex
MuPDF 1.14.0, as demonstrated by mutool.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18662?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mupdf | 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [shishirsub10](https://launchpad.net/~shishirsub10)

mutool's draw feature does not exist in xenial
Bionic requires 4a99615a609eec2b84bb2341d74fac46a5998137 as
pre patch and due to large api changes has risk of regression

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18662)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18662)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-18662)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18662)

### Other references

* <https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700043>
* <https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/mupdf>
* <https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=164ddc22ee0d5b63a81d5148f44c37dd132a9356>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18662>