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MEDIUM
CVE-2023-28428
Apache PDFio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

PDFio is a C library for reading and writing PDF files. In versions 1.1.0 and prior, a denial of service vulnerability exists in the pdfio parser. Crafted pdf files can cause the program to run at 100% utilization and never terminate. This is different from CVE-2023-24808. A patch for this issue is available in version 1.1.1.

INFO

Published Date :

March 20, 2023, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:55 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.5
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-28428 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Pdfio_project pdfio
1 Msweet pdfio
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-28428 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/commit/97d4955666779dc5b0665e15dd951a5c12426a31
    Added Reference https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/security/advisories/GHSA-68x8-9phf-j7jf
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/commit/97d4955666779dc5b0665e15dd951a5c12426a31 No Types Assigned https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/commit/97d4955666779dc5b0665e15dd951a5c12426a31 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/security/advisories/GHSA-68x8-9phf-j7jf No Types Assigned https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/security/advisories/GHSA-68x8-9phf-j7jf Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pdfio_project:pdfio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.1.1
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.24532

percentile

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