vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-9918: qpdf: stack exhaustion in QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes in libqpdf.a
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 10, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 10, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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