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CVE-2017-18185

Published: Feb 13, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 39.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

qpdfqpdf project
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
n/an/a
qpdf projectoss-projectOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Collection
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References

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/ec7d74a386c0b2f38990079c3b0d2a2b30be0e71
github.com
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/150
github.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
usn.ubuntu.com

Timeline

Published
Feb 13, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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