Resource exhaustion in QPDF - CVE-2017-11627
Published: May 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12622
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11627
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SourceForge
Affected software:
QPDF
QPDF
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the PointerHolder function in PointerHolder.hh due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger stack consumption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the PointerHolder function in PointerHolder.hh due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger stack consumption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11627
Install update from vendor's website.