CVE-2023-46048 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00046.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Tug Subscribe	Tex Live Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176819/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/65
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049400.html

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176819/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Tug Tug tex Live
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live::::::::
Vendors & Products		Tug Tug tex Live
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-476
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:39.801Z

Reserved: 2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46048

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:39.801Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-27T05:15:47.560

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:16:03.787

Link: CVE-2023-46048

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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