CVE-2018-9918
published 2018-04-10CVE-2018-9918: libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of…
PriorityP432high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.72%
75.1th percentile
libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes, because nesting in direct objects is not restricted.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | qpdf | < qpdf 8.0.2-3 (bookworm) | qpdf 8.0.2-3 (bookworm) |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | <= 8.0.2 | — |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 8.0.2-3 | 8.0.2-3 |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 8.0.2-3 | 8.0.2-3 |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 8.0.2-3 | 8.0.2-3 |
| qpdf_project | qpdf | >= 0 < 8.0.2-3 | 8.0.2-3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-mcgj-mgj8-8cr3: libqpdf
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-9918 [HIGH] CWE-674 GHSA-mcgj-mgj8-8cr3: libqpdf
libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes, because nesting in direct objects is not restricted.
OSV
CVE-2018-9918: libqpdf
osv·2018-04-10·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-9918 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9918: libqpdf
libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes, because nesting in direct objects is not restricted.
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: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a
vendor_redhat·2018-04-10·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-9918 [HIGH] CWE-400 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a
qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a
libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes, because nesting in direct objects is not restricted.
Package: qpdf (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: qpdf (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-9918: qpdf - libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but ...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-9918 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9918: qpdf - libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but ...
libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes, because nesting in direct objects is not restricted.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 8.0.2-3)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 8.0.2-3)
forky: resolved (fixed in 8.0.2-3)
sid: resolved (fixed in 8.0.2-3)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 8.0.2-3)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a
bugzilla·2018-04-12·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-9918 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a
CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a
A flaw was found in QPDF through 8.0.2. libqpdf.a mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes.
References:
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/202
Discussion:
Created qpdf tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1566757]
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1566758]
---
Upstream patch https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/b4d6cf6836ce025ba1811b7bbec52680c7204223
---
qpdf-7.1.1-5.fc28 has been pushed to the Fedora 28 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a [epel-6]
bugzilla·2018-04-12·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-9918 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a [epel-6]
CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a [epel-6]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-6.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the follow
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-04-12·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2018-9918 [HIGH] CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-9918 qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue af
2018-04-10
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