CVE-2017-9208

libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to releaseResolved functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop1.

• CWE-835

• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/21/qpdf-three-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/21/qpdf-three-infinite-loop-in-libqpdf/Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/Third Party Advisory

Published

May 23, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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