Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting qpdf package, versions <9.0.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-QPDF-1558206
  • published6 Oct 2018
  • disclosed6 Oct 2018

Introduced: 6 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18020  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 qpdf to version 9.0.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qpdf package and not the qpdf package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.