FKIE_CVE-2023-46051

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-03-27 06:15 - Updated: 2025-11-04 19:16
Severity ?
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
TeX Live 944e257 allows a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/tounicode.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/68
cve@mitre.orghttps://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049406.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176822/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/68
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049406.html
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    },
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  "id": "CVE-2023-46051",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-04T19:16:04.130",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
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