CVE-2023-28428 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2023-28428 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 20/03/2023 | CVE Updated: 02/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: michaelrsweet | Product: pdfio
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-28428 Description

PDFio is a C library for reading and writing PDF files. In versions 1.1.0 and prior, a denial of service vulnerability exists in the pdfio parser. Crafted pdf files can cause the program to run at 100% utilization and never terminate. This is different from CVE-2023-24808. A patch for this issue is available in version 1.1.1.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 6.2 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* LOCAL
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-770
CWE Name: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Source: michaelrsweet

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).