CVE catalog

CVE-2018-9918

qpdf: CVE-2018-9918

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low · CVSS 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.67% · Oct 25, 2026

libqpdf.a in QPDF through 8.0.2 mishandles certain "expected dictionary key but found non-name object" cases, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion), related to the QPDFObjectHandle and QPDF_Dictionary classes, because nesting in direct objects is not restricted.

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
Suseqpdflinux enterprise software development kit 12 sp57.1.1-3.11.1fixed
Suseqpdflinux enterprise server 12 sp57.1.1-3.11.1fixed
Suseqpdflinux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp57.1.1-3.11.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianqpdfsourcesid8.0.2-3not yet assignedNot reported[895443]
Debianqpdfsourceforky8.0.2-3not yet assignedNot reported[895443]
Debianqpdfsourcetrixie8.0.2-3not yet assignedNot reported[895443]
Debianqpdfsourcebookworm8.0.2-3not yet assignedNot reported[895443]
Ubuntuqpdfdeb14.048.0.2-3~14.04.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2018-9918Not reported
Ubuntuqpdfdeb16.048.0.2-3~16.04.1Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2018-9918Not reported
Suseqpdfrpmlinux enterprise software development kit 12 sp57.1.1-3.11.1Not reportedSUSE-SU-2024:2173-1Not reported
Suseqpdfrpmlinux enterprise server 12 sp57.1.1-3.11.1Not reportedSUSE-SU-2024:2173-1Not reported
Suseqpdfrpmlinux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp57.1.1-3.11.1Not reportedSUSE-SU-2024:2173-1Not reported

[Debian bug #895443]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libqpdf29]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

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

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      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: 8.0.2-3

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

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

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

  • [qpdf]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

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

    • 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      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: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

  • [libqpdf-dev]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 12.2.0-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

  • [qpdf]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 12.2.0-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

  • [qpdf-doc]Fixed

    Source package: [qpdf]

    Details (2)

    • 12.2.0-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

    • 12.2.0-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 8.0.2-3

      dsa · qpdf · debian · 13

Observed:

References

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