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CVE-2017-9209

Published: May 23, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-835
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.4%
Top 30.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal, aka qpdf-infiniteloop2.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-835

Affected Products

UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
QPDFJay Berkenbilt
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
ОС ОН «Стрелец»АО «Концерн ВНИИНС»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
qpdfqpdf project
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
jay berkenbiltindividual-devOSS Libraries
ао «концерн вниинс»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ao konsern vniins
qpdf projectoss-projectOSS Libraries
and 2 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/21/qpdf-three-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf/
blogs.gentoo.org
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9209
nvd.nist.gov
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9209
security-tracker.debian.org
and 4 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 23, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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