Description
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc. It is caused by an integer overflow in the PNG filter.
Published: 2018-02-13
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9320 An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc. It is caused by an integer overflow in the PNG filter.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3638-1 QPDF vulnerabilities
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Qpdf Project Qpdf
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.098Z

Reserved: 2018-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18185

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-13T19:29:00.417

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:19:30.380

Link: CVE-2017-18185

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18185 - Bugzilla

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