CVE-2018-18020 (NVD)

2018-10-06

In QPDF 8.2.1, in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc, QPDFWriter::unparseObject and QPDFWriter::unparseChild have recursive calls for a long time, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.

Products Qpdf
Type Uncontrolled Recursion (CWE-674)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00037.html
https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/243