CVE-2024-43426

Nov. 8, 2024, 7:01 p.m.

7.5
High

Description

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
pdfTeX

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304254
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461194

Tags

patrick@puiterwijk.org
2024-11-07
CVE-2024-43426

CVSS Score

7.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 7, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 8, 2024, 7:01 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

patrick@puiterwijk.org

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