CVE-2018-18020

LOW3.3EPSS 0.11%

qpdf - security update

Published: 10/6/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-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.

Affected packages (2)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1LOW3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References (1)