Bug 1545288 (CVE-2017-18186) - CVE-2017-18186 qpdf: infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc
Summary: CVE-2017-18186 qpdf: infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-18186
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: 1554733 1554734
Blocks: 1545293
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Reported: 2018-02-14 14:37 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:49 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: qpdf 7.1.1
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:40:03 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-02-14 14:37:14 UTC 
A flaw was found in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc. This allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted file.


External References:

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/149

Upstream Patch:

https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/85f05cc57ffa0a863d9d9b23e73acea9410b2937
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