CVE-2023-31979

HIGH

Catdoc v0.95 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the function process_file at /src/reader.c.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/petewarden/catdoc/issues/9

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 22.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-120
Status published
Products (2)
catdoc_project/catdoc 0.95
fossies/catdoc 0.95
Published May 09, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026