CVE-2017-12595

7.8 HIGH
Published: August 27, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

The tokenizer in QPDF 6.0.0 and 7.0.b1 is recursive for arrays and dictionaries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a PDF document with a deep data structure, as demonstrated by a crash in QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal in libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/ad527a64f93dca12f6aabab2ca99ae5eb352ab4b
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/146
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/ad527a64f93dca12f6aabab2ca99ae5eb352ab4b
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/146
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.8%
76th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

qpdf_project