CVE-2025-71382

MuPDF before 1.27.0-rc1 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the EPUB CSS rendering engine that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying a maliciously crafted EPUB file with deeply nested HTML elements and inline CSS styles. The function value_from_inheritable_property() in css-apply.c recurses through the CSS property inheritance chain without a depth limit, exhausting the process stack and causing a crash in any application using MuPDF for EPUB rendering.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708840	Exploit Issue Tracking Mitigation
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/mupdf/commit/70b71ab22e6de4d4c44cd301c88231f623a4e94e	Patch
https://github.com/ArtifexSoftware/mupdf/releases/tag/1.27.0-rc1	Release Notes
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mupdf-rc1-stack-exhaustion-dos-via-epub-css-rendering	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:mupdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-23 18:17

Updated : 2026-07-14 23:17

NVD link : CVE-2025-71382

Mitre link : CVE-2025-71382

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-71382

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Products Affected

artifex

mupdf

CWE

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

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