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Vulnerability · Published Feb 29, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-24246

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in the qpdf package (Alpine). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf 11.9.0 allows attackers to crash the application via the std::__shared_count() function at /bits/shared_ptr_base.h.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20qpdf11.9.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-24246
Alpine:v3.21qpdf11.9.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-24246
Alpine:v3.22qpdf11.9.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-24246
Alpine:v3.23qpdf11.9.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-24246
Alpine:v3.24qpdf11.9.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-24246
Debian:12qpdfno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-24246
Debian:13qpdf11.9.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24246
Debian:14qpdf11.9.0-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-24246
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSqpdf11.9.0-1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24246

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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