DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-31979
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979
Upstream
Published
2023-05-09T14:15:13.820Z
Modified
2026-02-19T17:16:25.164550Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/catdoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.95-4.1
1:0.95-4.1+deb11u1
1:0.95-4.2
1:0.95-5
1:0.95-6~deb12u1
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979.json"

Debian:12 / catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/catdoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.95-5
1:0.95-6~deb12u1
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979.json"

Debian:13 / catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/catdoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979.json"

Debian:14 / catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/catdoc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979.json"