CVE-2018-9918
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.40%Published: 4/10/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-9918
Description
libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes, because nesting in direct objects is not restricted.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/qpdffrom 0, < 8.0.2-3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |