CVE-2018-18020

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-18020
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-06 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-30 01:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qpdf Project Qpdf 8.2.1 All All All
Application Qpdf Project Qpdf 8.2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3548-1] qpdf security update MLIST lists.debian.org
A hangs close to ten minutes in qpdf · Issue #243 · qpdf/qpdf · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198446 Ubuntu Security Notification for QPDF vulnerabilities (USN-5026-1)
  • 6000077 Debian Security Update for qpdf (DLA 3548-1)
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