Out-of-bounds Read Affecting qpdf/qpdf package, versions [,7.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QPDFQPDF-2369472
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed13 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-18184  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qpdf/qpdf to version 7.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a stack-based out-of-bounds read in the function iterate_rc4 in QPDF_encryption.cc.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1