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HistoryJan 15, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

QPDF: Buffer Overflow

2024-01-1500:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
qpdf
buffer overflow
vulnerability
pl_ascii85decoder::write
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latest version

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.3%

Background

QPDF: A content-preserving PDF document transformer.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in QPDF. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

QPDF has a heap-based buffer overflow in Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write (called from Pl_AES_PDF::flush and Pl_AES_PDF::finish) when a certain downstream write fails.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All QPDF users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/qpdf-10.1.0"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallapp-text/qpdf< 10.1.0UNKNOWN

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

41.3%