Division by zero in xpdf - CVE-2023-2662

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79514

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2662

CWE-ID: CWE-369

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a divide by zero error when processing PDF files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted PDF file to the application, trigger a division by zero error and crash the application.

xpdf
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
xpdf
app-text/xpdf

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

xpdf - update to 4.05
app-text/xpdf - update to 4.05

• https://forum.xpdfreader.com/viewtopic.php?t=42505

• Multiple vulnerabilities in xpdf
• Slackware Linux update for xpdf
• Gentoo update for Xpdf