Bug 2267204 (CVE-2024-24246)

Summary: CVE-2024-24246 qpdf: Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Fixed In Version: qpdf 11.9.0 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in qpdf. Processing a specially crafted JSON file using the --json-input command line option may lead to a heap-based buffer over-read, resulting in an application crash.
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Bug Depends On: 2267205    
Bug Blocks: 2267206    

Description Avinash Hanwate 2024-03-01 05:32:37 UTC
Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf 11.9.0 allows attackers to crash the application via the std::__shared_count() function at /bits/shared_ptr_base.h.

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/1123

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-03-01 05:35:30 UTC
Created qpdf tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2267205]

Comment 6 Sandipan Roy 2024-03-01 09:23:09 UTC
Upstream Commit: https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/cb0f390cc1f98a8e82b27259f8f3cd5f162992eb