SB2023081520 - Denial of service in Xpdf
Published: August 15, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023081520
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Deadlock (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3436)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a deadlock on a PDF object stream whose "Length" field is itself in another object stream. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PDF files to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.