CVE-2023-2663 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2023-05-11

Score: 2.9 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Xpdf

Xpdf

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.04`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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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.

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 0.00067.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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'}`

Subscriptions

Xpdfreader Xpdf

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

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-674

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