CVE-2023-46051 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2024-03-27

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00258.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176822/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/68
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049406.html

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176822/tex-live-944e257-Null-Pointer.html

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-476
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:45.433Z

Reserved: 2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-46051

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:18:45.433Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-03-27T06:15:10.243

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:29:56.767

Link: CVE-2023-46051

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-476

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