Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 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.
Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:qpdf_project:qpdf: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
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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