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CVE-2023-3044 (GCVE-0-2023-3044)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-02 22:32 – Updated: 2025-01-08 17:53
VLAI
Title
Divide-by-zero in Xpdf 4.04 due to very large page size
Summary
An excessively large PDF page size (found in fuzz testing, unlikely in normal PDF files) can result in a divide-by-zero in Xpdf's text extraction code. This is related to CVE-2022-30524, but the problem here is caused by a very large page size, rather than by a very large character coordinate.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-08 17:53 UTC
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Xpdf Xpdf Affected: 4.04
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