UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9210

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9210

    Published: 23 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9210
    Aliases:
    USN-3638-1

    Summary:

    Details: libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to unparse functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop3.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9210, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/23/10, https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/21/qpdf-three-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3638-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9210

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: qpdf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.0.2-3~14.04.1

    Affected versions

    4.2.0-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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