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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2024-24246 EUVD-2024-21670GHSA-6733-f273-8q48

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

Published Feb 29, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 qpdf 11.9.0-1 —
Debian 13 qpdf 11.9.0-1 —
Debian 12 qpdf No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 qpdf 11.9.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 qpdf 11.9.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 qpdf 11.9.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 qpdf 11.9.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 qpdf 11.9.1-r0 —

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