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Severity
5.5
EPSS
0.04%
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf 11.9.0 allows attackers to crash the application via the std::sharedcount() function at /bits/sharedptrbase.h.

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.3
Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .pdf file to PlASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

QPDF v8.4.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
Buffer Overflow
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

QPDF 9.x through 9.1.1 and 10.x through 10.0.4 has a heap-based buffer overflow in PlASCII85Decoder::write (called from PlAESPDF::flush and PlAESPDF::finish) when a certain downstream write fails.

1 / 3
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 25 August 2025

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.

1 / 2
Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
Integer Overflow
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the PlBuffer::write function in PlBuffer.cc. It is caused by an integer overflow in the PNG filter.

1 / 2
Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop in the QPDFWriter::enqueueObject() function in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc.

1 / 2
Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a stack-based out-of-bounds read in the function iteraterc4 in QPDFencryption.cc.

1 / 2
Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
Input Validation
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Last updated 25 August 2025

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the PointerHolder function in PointerHolder.hh, aka an "infinite loop."

1 / 2
Source: Launchpad
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral function in QPDFTokenizer.cc after four consecutive calls to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal, aka an "infinite loop."

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the QPDF::resolveObjectsInStream function in QPDF.cc, aka an "infinite loop."

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral function in QPDFTokenizer.cc after two consecutive calls to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal, aka an "infinite loop."

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Last updated 25 August 2025

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Last updated 25 August 2025

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Last updated 25 August 2025

1 / 2
Source: Ubuntu
First published (updated )

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