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CVE-2021-25786

Publication date 11 August 2023

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in QPDF version 10.0.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted .pdf file to Pl_ASCII85Decoder::write parameter in libqpdf.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qpdf 23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 8.0.2-3ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Notes

mdeslaur

This appears to be a dupe of CVE-2021-36978, same bug and fix commits. Updating as such.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
qpdf

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L