Is CVE-2017-18183 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-18183 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-18183?

CVE-2017-18183 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-18183?

CVE-2017-18183 has an EPSS score of 1.20% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18183?

Upgrade qpdf on debian 11 to 7.0.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-18183

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. There is an infinite loop in the QPDFWriter::enqueueObject() function in libqpdf/QPDFWriter.cc.

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

qpdfDebian

Fixed in:7.0.0-1CVE-2017-18183

libqpdf21Ubuntu

Fixed in:8.0.2-3~14.04.1USN-3638-1

Fixed in:8.0.2-3~16.04.1USN-3638-1

qpdfUbuntu

Fixed in:8.0.2-3~14.04.1USN-3638-1

Fixed in:8.0.2-3~16.04.1USN-3638-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Other references1

usn.ubuntu.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-835 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13935	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36227	High	7.5	78%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-0778	High	7.5	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-14241	High	7.5	70%	-	-
CVE-2017-16944	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-20353	High	8.6	63%	KEV	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.