Is CVE-2017-12595 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-12595 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-12595?

CVE-2017-12595 has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2017-12595?

Patch guidance is available from qpdf project security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2017-12595.

Which products are affected by CVE-2017-12595?

2 products: qpdf project qpdf, qpdf project qpdf.

Fix CVE-2017-12595 - HIGH qpdf project qpdf

Description

The tokenizer in QPDF 6.0.0 and 7.0.b1 is recursive for arrays and dictionaries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a PDF document with a deep data structure, as demonstrated by a crash in QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal in libqpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.cc.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: local
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

Metadata

Primary Vendor: QPDF_PROJECT
Published: 8/27/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2017-12595

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