Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-9209
CVE-2017-9209
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.
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Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =6.0.0
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords24 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qpdf&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/cups-filters&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/qpdf&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 10.3.2-1.3+ 23 more
- (no CPE)range: < 10.3.2-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-19.2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-19.2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-19.2.3
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.58-15.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 7.1.1-3.3.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/21/qpdf-three-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
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