NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting texlive package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TEXLIVE-6513871
  • published29 Mar 2024
  • disclosed27 Mar 2024
  • creditgjduck

Introduced: 27 Mar 2024

CVE-2023-46048  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for texlive.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference due to improper handling of certain input in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. An attacker can cause the application to crash by supplying specially crafted input.

Note:

This issue has been disputed, being considered more of a usability problem rather than a security vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

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