CVE catalog
CVE-2022-34503
qpdf: CVE-2022-34503
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.78% · Oct 25, 2026
QPDF v8.4.2 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow via the function QPDF::processXRefStream. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted PDF file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | qpdf | sid | 12.4.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | qpdf | forky | 12.4.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | qpdf | trixie | 12.2.0-1 | fixed |
| Debian | qpdf | bookworm | 11.3.0-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | pro | 5.1.3-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | pro | 5.1.3-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | pro | 5.2.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | pro | 5.2.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | pro | 6.0.0-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | pro | 8.0.2-3~16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | pro | 8.0.2-3~16.04.1+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 7.0.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 7.1.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 7.1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 8.0.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 8.0.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 8.0.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 8.0.2-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | qpdf | 18.04 | 8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | qpdf | source | sid | 9.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | qpdf | source | forky | 9.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | qpdf | source | trixie | 9.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | qpdf | source | bookworm | 9.0.0-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libqpdf29]Fixed
Source package: [qpdf]
Details (2)
11.3.0-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
9.0.0-1dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm
11.3.0-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
9.0.0-1dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm
- [libqpdf-dev]Fixed
Source package: [qpdf]
Details (2)
11.3.0-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
9.0.0-1dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm
11.3.0-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
9.0.0-1dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm
- [qpdf]Fixed
Details (2)
11.3.0-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
9.0.0-1dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm
11.3.0-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
9.0.0-1dsa · qpdf · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2022_2669-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-34503]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-34503]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]