vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3638-1 (CVE-2017-11627): QPDF vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jul 25, 2017 | May 15, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jul 25, 2017
Added
May 15, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the PointerHolder function in PointerHolder.hh, aka an "infinite loop."
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libqpdf21ubuntu-upgrade-qpdf
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