CVE-2023-46048 (GCVE-0-2023-46048)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:18 Disputed
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-19 18:42 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
3 references
Impacted products
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