Use After Free Affecting qpdf package, versions <10.1.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-QPDF-5840574
  • published13 Aug 2023
  • disclosed11 Aug 2023

Introduced: 11 Aug 2023

CVE-2021-25786  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable qpdf to version 10.1.0-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .pdf file to Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf.

CVSS Base Scores

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