high7.8
CVE-2018-9918
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 se…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Qpdf Project | Qpdf | through 8.0.2 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/b4d6cf6836ce025ba1811b7bbec52680c7204223
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/202
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/b4d6cf6836ce025ba1811b7bbec52680c7204223
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/202
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/