Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting qpdf package, versions <7.0.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-QPDF-1558215
  • published13 Feb 2018
  • disclosed13 Feb 2018

Introduced: 13 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-18186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 qpdf to version 7.0.0-1 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.

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.