CVE-2015-9252

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in...

5.5 MediumFix available

CVE-2015-9252 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Qpdf Project Qpdf, published February 13, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in qpdf 7.0.0-1.

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.06%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Record: CVE-2015-9252
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness: CWE-399
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Record: CVE-2015-9252
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-9095 No score

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Record: EUVD-2015-9095
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8xcr-vf9j-wxvr 5.5

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in...

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Record: GHSA-8xcr-vf9j-wxvr
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.5

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Record: CVE-2015-9252
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-9252 5.5

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9252
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-9252 5.5

An issue was discovered in QPDF before 7.0.0. Endless recursion causes stack exhaustion in QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral() in QPDFTokenizer.cc, related to the QPDF::resolve function in QPDF.cc.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9252
CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUSN-3638-1 No score

qpdf vulnerabilities

It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain malformed files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause QPDF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Record: USN-3638-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

qpdf project qpdf

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`qpdf` Debian:12	before 7.0.0-1	7.0.0-1
`qpdf` Debian:13	before 7.0.0-1	7.0.0-1
`qpdf` Debian:14	before 7.0.0-1	7.0.0-1
`qpdf` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 8.0.2-3~14.04.1, plus listed versions 4.2.0-25.0.1-15.0.1-1ubuntu15.1.0-15.1.1-1	8.0.2-3~14.04.1
`qpdf` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 8.0.2-3~16.04.1, plus listed versions 5.1.3-25.1.3-35.2.0-15.2.0-26.0.0-2	8.0.2-3~16.04.1

History

History
When	Changed	Sources
2026-11-03	aliases	EUVD
2026-11-02	created	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

References

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