Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qpdf-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-QPDFLIBS-1980039
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Aug 2017

Introduced: 27 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-18185  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 qpdf-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qpdf-libs package and not the qpdf-libs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.