CVE-2023-2663 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Xpdf 4.04 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in the page label tree leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00017.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Xpdfreader	Xpdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xpdfreader:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-34129	In Xpdf 4.04 (and earlier), a PDF object loop in the page label tree leads to infinite recursion and a stack overflow.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?t=42421

History

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GandC

Published: 2023-05-11T20:16:59.111Z

Updated: 2025-01-24T16:04:05.434Z

Reserved: 2023-05-11T20:10:12.645Z

Link: CVE-2023-2663

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:26:10.030Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-11T21:15:10.043

Modified: 2025-01-24T16:15:31.577

Link: CVE-2023-2663

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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