CVE-2017-18185

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2017-18185

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2018-02-13T19:29:00

Last Modified Date
2018-05-08T13:29:00

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-125	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf::::::::	1	OR		7.0.0

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/150	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/ec7d74a386c0b2f38990079c3b0d2a2b30be0e71	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18185
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18185

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:44:13				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 02:05:21	2018-02-13T19:29Z	2018-02-13T19:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 02:05:21		2018-05-08T13:29:00	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 02:05:21		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated