VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-18184
There is a stack-based out-of-bounds read in the function iterate_rc4 in QPDF_encryption.cc.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.67%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a stack-based out-of-bounds read in the function iterate_rc4 in QPDF_encryption.cc.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.67% probability · 50th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- qpdf project/qpdf
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/dea704f0ab7f625e1e7b3f9a1110b45b63157317Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/147Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/dea704f0ab7f625e1e7b3f9a1110b45b63157317Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/147Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.