CVE-2024-43426

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.71% (53rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
25 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in pdfTeX. Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available, such as those with TeX Live installed.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · patrick@puiterwijk.orgexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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affected products (25)

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2024-1877Moodle: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-08-18csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Moodle ausnutzen, um Code auszuführen, bestimmte administrative Aufgaben durchzuführen, Informationen preiszugeben, Daten zu manipulieren, Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen, Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen und eine nicht näher spezifizierte Wirkung zu erzielen.

  • GHSA-vjmm-r9gg-425mMoodle has arbitrary file read risk through pdfTeX2024-11-07ghsa · osvUS

    A flaw was found in pdfTeX. Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available, such as those with TeX Live installed.

  • BIT-moodle-2024-43426Moodle: arbitrary file read risk through pdftex2025-08-06vendor · osvUS

    A flaw was found in pdfTeX. Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available, such as those with TeX Live installed.

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also known as (6)

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sources

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references (6)

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