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CVE-2017-18183
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.1%
percentile 67%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop in the QPDFWriter::enqueueObject() function in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
References
- github.com /qpdf/qpdf/commit/8249a26d69f72b9cda584c14cc3f12769985e481 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- github.com /qpdf/qpdf/issues/143 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- usn.ubuntu.com /3638-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-18183
- NVD: CVE-2017-18183
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