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CVE-2023-31979

Date: May 8, 2023

Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the function process_file at /src/reader.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (4)

https://github.com/petewarden/catdoc/issues/9
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-31979
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31979
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-31979

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-120

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): REQUIRED
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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