CVE-2023-46049 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

LLVM 15.0.0 has a NULL pointer dereference in the parseOneMetadata() function via a crafted pdflatex.fmt file (or perhaps a crafted .o file) to llvm-lto. NOTE: this is disputed because the relationship between pdflatex.fmt and any LLVM language front end is not explained, and because a crash of the llvm-lto application should be categorized as a usability problem.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00191.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176820/llvm-LLVM-15-Null-Pointer.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/66
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/67388
https://llvm.org/docs/Security.html

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176820/llvm-LLVM-15-Null-Pointer.html

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-476
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:40.980Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-46049

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:40.980Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-03-27T06:15:10.037

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:16:03.950

Link: CVE-2023-46049

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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