CVE-2017-9209

Published: 23 May 2017

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 QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal, aka qpdf-infiniteloop2.

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	this patch breaks ABI

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
qpdf Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Not vulnerable (7.0.0-1)
	bionic	Not vulnerable (7.0.0-1)
	trusty	Released (8.0.2-3~14.04.1)
	upstream	Released (7.0.0-1)
	xenial	Released (8.0.2-3~16.04.1)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
	Patches: upstream: https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/315092dd98d5230ef0efa18b294d464d0e9f79d0

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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