CVE-2017-9208
N/A
Published: May 23, 2017 at 03:56 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:27 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxQpdf
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to releaseResolved functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop1.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/21/qpdf-three-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-835
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