CVE-2017-18186
published 2018-02-13CVE-2017-18186: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.
PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
1.14%
63.1th percentile
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.
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-v5gm-hmrc-rgfq: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-18186 [MEDIUM] CWE-835 GHSA-v5gm-hmrc-rgfq: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.
OSV
CVE-2017-18186: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
osv·2018-02-13·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18186 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18186: An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.
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: infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc
vendor_redhat·2017-08-24·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18186 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 qpdf: infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc
qpdf: infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way QPDF parsed PDF files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to cause QPDF to enter an infinite loop 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-2017-18186: qpdf - An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to l...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2017-18186 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-18186: qpdf - An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to l...
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.
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