CVE-2017-9209
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.28%
Description
libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal, aka qpdf-infiniteloop2.
How to fix CVE-2017-9209
To remediate CVE-2017-9209, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/qpdf—upgrade to 7.0.0-r0 or later
- Debian/qpdf—upgrade to 7.0.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-9209 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 7.0.0-r0
- from 0, < 7.0.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |