CVE-2017-11625 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 25 Jul 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted file triggering an infinite loop in the QPDF library.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-11625?

CVE-2017-11625 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the QPDF::resolveObjectsInStream function in QPDF.cc, aka an "infinite loop."

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11625?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Qpdf Project Qpdf.

How do I fix CVE-2017-11625?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-11625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-11625, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11625, GHSA-788g-jgwh-pc92, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11625.