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HistoryMar 25, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

QPDF vulnerability

2024-03-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
10
qpdf
memory operations
json files
denial of service
arbitrary code
ubuntu 23.10
pdf files
vulnerability

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

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.4%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 23.10

Packages

  • qpdf - tools for transforming and inspecting PDF files

Details

It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain memory operations
when decoding JSON files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted JSON file, QPDF could be made to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibqpdf29< 11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibqpdf-dev< 11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchlibqpdf29-dbgsym< 11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchqpdf< 11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu23.10noarchqpdf-dbgsym< 11.5.0-1ubuntu1.1UNKNOWN

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

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.4%