CVE-2017-18186

low-risk

Published 2018-02-13

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop due to looping xref tables in QPDF.cc.

Do I need to act?

0.32% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Qpdf

Qpdf Project

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/85f05cc57ffa0a863d9d9b23e73acea9410b2937

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/149

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/85f05cc57ffa0a863d9d9b23e73acea9410b2937

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/149

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal