CVE-2017-9208

qpdf: Infinite loop related to releaseResolved functions

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 21, 2017

Updated · May 13, 2026

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 releaseResolved functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop1.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')