CVE-2018-9918

Published: October 4, 2018
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.
HIGH
CVSS v3: 7.8

Status

DocFilters Release Package State Justification Comment
25.1 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
24.4 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
24.4.0 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
24.3 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
24.2.1 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
24.2 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
24.1 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
23.3 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
23.2.1 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
23.2 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
23.1 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
22.4 qpdf (8.4.0) Not Affected Code Not Present fixed in qpdf 8.1.0
22.3 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
22.2 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
22.1 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
21.11.1 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
21.11 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
21.8.1 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
21.8 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
21.5.1 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
21.5.0 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
21.2.0 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
11.4.20 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
11.4.19.3667 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
11.4.18.3599 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
11.4.17 qpdf (8.0.0) Resolved patched
11.4.16.3445 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.15.3368 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.14.3263 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.13.3179 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.12.3054 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.11.3040 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.11.2990 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.10.2934 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.9.2878 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage
11.4.8.2822 qpdf (8.0.0) Needs Triage

Severity score breakdown

Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Availability Impact
HIGH
Base Score
7.8
Base Severity
HIGH
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version
3.0

References