CVE-2015-9252

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2015-09-02
CWE:
CWE-400
Bugzilla:
1545268: CVE-2015-9252 qpdf: Infinite loop in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral in QPDFTokenizer.cc
An unbounded recursion flaw leading to stack exhaustion was found in the way QPDF parsed PDF files. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash QPDF by tricking it into processing crafted PDF files.

Find out more about CVE-2015-9252 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qpdf Will not fix

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