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CVE-2017-18185 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc. It is caused by an integer overflow in the PNG filter.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/ec7d74a386c0b2f38990079c3b0d2a2b30be0e71 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/150 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/ CVE
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/ec7d74a386c0b2f38990079c3b0d2a2b30be0e71 [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/150 [email protected]Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qpdf project qpdf
< 7.0.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-18185
NVD Published Date:
Feb 13, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]