Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-31979
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity buffer overflow in the catdoc package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the function process_file at /src/reader.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | catdoc | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979 |
| Debian:13 | catdoc | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979 |
| Debian:14 | catdoc | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-31979 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | catdoc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31979 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | catdoc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31979 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | catdoc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31979 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H