Medium severity · published Mar 27, 2024
CVE-2023-46048
Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c
6.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TL
Tex Live · Tug
944e257 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46048
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46048
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/65
tug.org
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049400.html
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176819/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html
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