Resource Exhaustion Affecting qpdf-doc package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.1% (43rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-QPDFDOC-1327977
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 6 Oct 2018
Introduced: 6 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18020 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 qpdf-doc.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qpdf-doc package and not the qpdf-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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.