DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18020

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18020
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https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18020.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18020
Upstream
Published
2018-10-06T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:16:20Z
Summary
[none]
Details

In QPDF 8.2.1, in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc, QPDFWriter::unparseObject and QPDFWriter::unparseChild have recursive calls for a long time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / qpdf

Package

Name
qpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / qpdf

Package

Name
qpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / qpdf

Package

Name
qpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / qpdf

Package

Name
qpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/qpdf?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
9.0.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}