CVE-2025-46206

Name: CVE-2025-46206
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2025-08-04T18:15:34.81+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 0.39%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-46206 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

6.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability

0.39%

30.4th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-674

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Artifex	Mupdf	<= 1.25.6

References

http://artifex.comProduct
http://mupdf.comProduct
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708521Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.ghostscript.com/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mupdf.git/commit/?id=0ec7e4d2201bb6df217e01c17396d36297abf9acPermissions Required
https://github.com/Landw-hub/CVE-2025-46206Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 4, 2025
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Analyzed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-46206?

How severe is CVE-2025-46206?

CVE-2025-46206 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.39% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-46206?

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Source: NVD / NIST