ubuntu-cve-2024-24246
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-02-29 20:15
Modified
2025-07-16 05:12
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf-dev",
            "binary_version": "11.9.0-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf29",
            "binary_version": "11.9.0-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libqpdf29-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "11.9.0-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qpdf",
            "binary_version": "11.9.0-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qpdf-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "11.9.0-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "qpdf-doc",
            "binary_version": "11.9.0-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "qpdf",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/qpdf@11.9.0-1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "11.9.0-1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "11.5.0-1",
        "11.6.3-1",
        "11.6.4-1",
        "11.7.0-2",
        "11.7.0-3",
        "11.7.0-4",
        "11.8.0-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24246",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T05:12:16Z",
  "published": "2024-02-29T20:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-24246"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FX3D3YCNS6CQL3774OFUROLP3EM25ILC/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4WLK6ICPJUMOJNHZQWXAA5MPXG5JHZZL/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6713-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24246"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6713-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-24246"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:56:25Z"
}



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