Vulnerability · Published Apr 26, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-26930
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the xpdf package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in XPDF v.4.04 allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service via the PDFDoc malloc in the pdftotext.cc function. NOTE: Vendor states “it's an expected abort on out-of-memory error.”
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-26930 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-26930 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-26930 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-26930 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | xpdf | 4.05-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2023-26930 |