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.
Published: 2018-04-10
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-21510 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3638-1 QPDF vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Qpdf Project Qpdf
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:24:56.362Z

Reserved: 2018-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-9918

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-10T18:29:00.450

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:15:50.427

Link: CVE-2018-9918

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-9918 - Bugzilla

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