Bug 1545272 (CVE-2017-18183) - CVE-2017-18183 qpdf: Infinite Loop in QPDFWriter::enqueueObject in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc
Summary: CVE-2017-18183 qpdf: Infinite Loop in QPDFWriter::enqueueObject in libqpdf/QP...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-18183
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1554691 1554704
Blocks: 1545293
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Reported: 2018-02-14 14:14 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:49 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: qpdf 7.1.1
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:39:59 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-02-14 14:14:26 UTC 
A flaw was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite recursion loop in the QPDFWriter::enqueueObject() function in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc. This allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.


External References:

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/143

Upstream Patch:

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/8249a26d69f72b9
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