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.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has qpdf packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - 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. (CVE-2024-24246)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2024-24246)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-7d55be81bd advisory.

    2267205 - TRIAGE CVE-2024-24246 qpdf - Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf [fedora-all]

    2265854 - qpdf-11.9.0 is available

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 23.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6713-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that QPDF incorrectly handled certain memory operations when decoding JSON files. If a     user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted JSON file, QPDF could be made to     crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-daa7df59d6 advisory.

    2267205 - CVE-2024-24246 qpdf - Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf [fedora-all]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-8762164e47 advisory.

    2267205 - CVE-2024-24246 qpdf - Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in qpdf [fedora-all]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
242798	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : qpdf Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0178)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
237984	NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : qpdf Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0077)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
227707	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-24246	Nessus	Misc.	medium
194571	Fedora 40 : qpdf (2024-7d55be81bd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
192532	Ubuntu 23.10 : QPDF vulnerability (USN-6713-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
191781	Fedora 38 : qpdf (2024-daa7df59d6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
191778	Fedora 39 : qpdf (2024-8762164e47)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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