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GHSA-PJW3-8X26-XPWM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-27 06:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:31

Details

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.

Severity ?

3.3 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-27T06:15:10Z",
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-pjw3-8x26-xpwm",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T21:31:23Z",
  "published": "2024-03-27T06:30:32Z",
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      "url": "https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049406.html"
    },
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      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176822/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html"
    },
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}

CVE-2023-46051 (GCVE-0-2023-46051)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:18 Disputed

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.

Severity ?

3.3 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/04…
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/68	mailing-list

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GHSA-PJW3-8X26-XPWM

CVE-2023-46051 (GCVE-0-2023-46051)

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