CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-18020

Uncontrolled Recursion

Published: Oct 06, 2018 | Modified: Aug 30, 2023
CVSS 3.x
3.3
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
LOW

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qpdf Qpdf_project 8.2.1 (including) 8.2.1 (including)
Qpdf Ubuntu bionic *
Qpdf Ubuntu cosmic *
Qpdf Ubuntu disco *
Qpdf Ubuntu eoan *
Qpdf Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Qpdf Ubuntu groovy *
Qpdf Ubuntu trusty *
Qpdf Ubuntu upstream *
Qpdf Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References