CVE-2018-18020

Published: Oct 6, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

3.3

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

Description

In QPDF 8.2.1, in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc, QPDFWriter::unparseObject and QPDFWriter::unparseChild have recursive calls for a long time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.

Affected (1)

Products: Qpdf Project: Qpdf

Qpdf Project

1 product

Qpdf

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Qpdf Project Qpdf	Version 8.2.1

Related CWEs

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (4)

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/243

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/243

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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