CVE-2017-11627 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00294.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Qpdf Project	Qpdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-3239	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."
Ubuntu USN	USN-3638-1	QPDF vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://somevulnsofadlab.blogspot.jp/2017/07/qpdfan-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf_21.html
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/118
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11627
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11627

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-25T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:40.943Z

Reserved: 2017-07-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-11627

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-25T23:29:00.467

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-11627

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-07-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11627 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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