CVE-2018-9918
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
10/04/2018
Last modified:
03/10/2019
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.0.2 (including) | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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