CVE-2017-18185 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Qpdf

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read8 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Qpdf Project Qpdf
Timeline
PublishedFeb 13
Latest updateMay 14

Description

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc. It is caused by an integer overflow in the PNG filter.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDqpdf_project/qpdf< 7.0.0
▶Debianqpdf_project/qpdf< 7.0.0-1+3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-36w8-h6xw-wxr6: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2017-18185: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7↗2018-02-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-18185: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7↗2018-02-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
QPDF vulnerabilities↗2018-05-07
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Red Hat
qpdf: large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc↗2017-08-27
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Debian
CVE-2017-18185: qpdf - An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of...↗2017
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-18185 qpdf: large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc↗2018-02-14
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