CVE-2018-18020

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

3.3

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.107

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files (USN-5026-1) qpdf_8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb	Linux
tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files (USN-5026-1) qpdf_8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb	Linux
tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files (USN-5026-1) qpdf_9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb	Linux
tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files (USN-5026-1) libqpdf21_8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1_i386.deb	Linux
tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files (USN-5026-1) libqpdf21_8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb	Linux
tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files (USN-5026-1) libqpdf26_9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234