CVE catalog

CVE-2017-18185

qpdf: CVE-2017-18185

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low · CVSS 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.05% · Oct 25, 2026

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is a large heap-based out-of-bounds read in the Pl_Buffer::write function in Pl_Buffer.cc. It is caused by an integer overflow in the PNG filter.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianqpdfsid12.4.2-1fixed
Debianqpdfforky12.4.2-1fixed
Debianqpdftrixie12.2.0-1fixed
Debianqpdfbookworm11.3.0-1+deb12u1fixed
Ubuntuqpdf14.044.2.0-2vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf14.045.0.1-1vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf14.045.0.1-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf14.045.1.0-1vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf14.045.1.1-1vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf14.048.0.2-3~14.04.1fixed
Ubuntuqpdf16.045.1.3-2vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf16.045.1.3-3vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf16.045.2.0-1vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf16.045.2.0-2vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf16.046.0.0-2vulnerable
Ubuntuqpdf16.048.0.2-3~16.04.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianqpdfsourcesid7.0.0-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianqpdfsourceforky7.0.0-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianqpdfsourcetrixie7.0.0-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debianqpdfsourcebookworm7.0.0-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Ubuntuqpdfdeb14.048.0.2-3~14.04.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2017-18185Not reported
Ubuntuqpdfdeb16.048.0.2-3~16.04.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2017-18185Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libqpdf29]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm; dsa · qpdf · debian · 12

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm; dsa · qpdf · debian · 12

  • [libqpdf-dev]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm; dsa · qpdf · debian · 12

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm; dsa · qpdf · debian · 12

  • [qpdf]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm; dsa · qpdf · debian · 12

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm; dsa · qpdf · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [libqpdf30]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 12.2.0-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

  • [libqpdf-dev]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 12.2.0-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

  • [qpdf]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 12.2.0-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

  • [qpdf-doc]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 12.2.0-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 7.0.0-1

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]