First published: Tue Feb 13 2018(Updated: )
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Qpdf Project Qpdf | <7.0.0 | |
ubuntu/qpdf | <8.0.2-3~14.04.1 | 8.0.2-3~14.04.1 |
ubuntu/qpdf | <7.0.0-1 | 7.0.0-1 |
ubuntu/qpdf | <8.0.2-3~16.04.1 | 8.0.2-3~16.04.1 |
debian/qpdf | 10.1.0-1 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 11.9.1-1 |
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CVE-2017-18186 has a high severity due to the potential for denial of service caused by an infinite loop.
To fix CVE-2017-18186, upgrade QPDF to version 7.0.0 or later.
QPDF versions prior to 7.0.0 are affected by CVE-2017-18186.
There is no specific patch; users must upgrade to a non-vulnerable version of QPDF.
CVE-2017-18186 is caused by an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in the QPDF library.