CVE-2015-9252

MEDIUMNVD 5.5

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.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: —
EPSS: 54.7%
KEV: Not listed

Published

February 13, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (6)

cve@mitrehttps://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/701b518d5c56a1449825a3a37a716c58e05e1c3e
cve@mitrehttps://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/51
cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/commit/701b518d5c56a1449825a3a37a716c58e05e1c3e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf/issues/51
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3638-1/

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-399

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-05-27 13:38 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-27 02:44 UTCOSV refresh
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2015-9252?

CVE-2015-9252 is a medium vulnerability published on February 13, 2018. 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.

When was CVE-2015-9252 disclosed?

CVE-2015-9252 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 13, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2015-9252 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-9252 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 54.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-9252?

CVE-2015-9252 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2015-9252?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2015-9252, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2015-9252

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