CVE-2023-31979

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track*

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track*

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-04-29 CVE Reserved
2023-05-09 CVE Published
2025-01-29 CVE Updated
2025-01-29 First Exploit
2025-05-25 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/petewarden/catdoc/issues/9	2025-01-29

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Catdoc Project Search vendor "Catdoc Project"		Catdoc Search vendor "Catdoc Project" for product "Catdoc"				0.95 Search vendor "Catdoc Project" for product "Catdoc" and version "0.95"		-		Affected