What is CVE-2023-31979?

CVE-2023-31979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fossies Catdoc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-31979?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Fossies Catdoc

CVE-2023-31979

Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the function process_file at /src/reader.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (20.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Fossies Catdoc — versions 0.95
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-31979?: CVE-2023-31979 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fossies Catdoc, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-31979?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.