UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18185

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18185
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18185.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18185
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Published
2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:36:29.807324Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the PlBuffer::write function in PlBuffer.cc. It is caused by an integer overflow in the PNG filter.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / qpdf

Package

Name
qpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qpdf@8.0.2-3~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.0.2-3~14.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.0-2

5.*

5.0.1-1
5.0.1-1ubuntu1
5.1.0-1
5.1.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf-dev",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf21",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf21-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qpdf",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qpdf-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / qpdf

Package

Name
qpdf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/qpdf@8.0.2-3~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.0.2-3~16.04.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.1.3-2
5.1.3-3
5.2.0-1
5.2.0-2

6.*

6.0.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf-dev",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf21",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf21-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qpdf",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "qpdf-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.0.2-3~16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}