Vulnerability · Published Sep 1, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-41633
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the catdoc package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component xls2csv at src/fileutil.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | catdoc | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41633 |
| Debian:13 | catdoc | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41633 |
| Debian:14 | catdoc | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41633 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | catdoc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41633 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | catdoc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41633 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | catdoc | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-41633 |