CVE-2023-3044
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An excessively large PDF page size (found in fuzz testing, unlikely in normal PDF files) can result in a divide-by-zero in Xpdf's text extraction code. This is related to CVE-2022-30524, but the problem here is caused by a very large page size, rather than by a very large character coordinate.
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affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2023-1356xpdf: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-06-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in xpdf ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (7)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-3044/cnnvd
- https://github.com/baker221/poc-xpdfcnnvd
- https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2023-3044.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/baker221/poc-xpdfenisa_euvd
- https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2023-3044.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/baker221/poc-xpdfExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.xpdfreader.com/security-bug/CVE-2023-3044.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
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