Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qpdf-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-QPDFLIBS-1985796
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed21 May 2017

Introduced: 21 May 2017

CVE-2017-9208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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.

libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to releaseResolved functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop1.