#VU96488 NULL pointer dereference in texlive - CVE-2023-46051 

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#VU96488 NULL pointer dereference in texlive - CVE-2023-46051

Published: August 23, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96488
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46051
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
texlive
Software vendor:
TeX Users Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/tounicode.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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