CVE-2017-18185
published 2018-02-13CVE-2017-18185: 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…
PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.08%
61.3th percentile
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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | qpdf | < qpdf 7.0.0-1 (bookworm) | qpdf 7.0.0-1 (bookworm) |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | < 7.0.0 | 7.0.0 |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 7.0.0-1 | 7.0.0-1 |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 7.0.0-1 | 7.0.0-1 |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 7.0.0-1 | 7.0.0-1 |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 7.0.0-1 | 7.0.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-36w8-h6xw-wxr6: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2017-18185 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 GHSA-36w8-h6xw-wxr6: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-18185: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
osv·2018-02-13·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18185 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18185: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
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.
Ubuntu
QPDF vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-05-07
CVE-2015-9252 QPDF vulnerabilities
Title: QPDF vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in QPDF.
It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause QPDF to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
Red Hat
qpdf: large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc
vendor_redhat·2017-08-27·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18185 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 qpdf: large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc
qpdf: large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc
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.
An integer overflow flaw leading to heap-based out-of-bounds read was found in the way QPDF parsed PDF files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash QPDF by tricking it into processing crafted QPDF files.
Package: qpdf (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: qpdf (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2017-18185: qpdf - An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18185 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18185: qpdf - An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 7.0.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 7.0.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 7.0.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 7.0.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 7.0.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
2018-02-13
Published