#VU79510 Deadlock in xpdf - CVE-2023-3436

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#VU79510 Deadlock in xpdf - CVE-2023-3436

Published: August 15, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU79510
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3436
CWE-ID: CWE-833
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
xpdf
Software vendor:
Glyph & Cog

Description

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 currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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