CVE-2024-24246

qpdf: Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 29, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in qpdf. Processing a specially crafted JSON file using the --json-input command line option may lead to a heap-based buffer over-read, resulting in an application crash.

Statement

The qpdf packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 are not affected by this vulnerability because the support of generating PDFs based on JSON was introduced in a newer version of qpdf.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-126 · Buffer Over-read