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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/b4d6cf6836ce025ba1811b7bbec52680c7204223 | Patch |
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/202 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/b4d6cf6836ce025ba1811b7bbec52680c7204223 | Patch |
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/202 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Nov 2024, 04:15
Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/b4d6cf6836ce025ba1811b7bbec52680c7204223 - Patch | |
References | () https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/202 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/ - Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2018-04-10 18:29
Updated : 2024-11-21 04:15
NVD link : CVE-2018-9918
Mitre link : CVE-2018-9918
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-9918
JSON object : View
Products Affected
qpdf_project
- qpdf
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
CWE
CWE-674
Uncontrolled Recursion