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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-QPDF-5693606
  • published23 May 2017
  • disclosed23 May 2017

Introduced: 23 May 2017

CVE-2017-9210  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 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:13 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 unparse functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop3.