| Name | CVE-2023-41633 |
| Description | Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component xls2csv at src/fileutil.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| catdoc (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| buster, bullseye | 1:0.95-4.1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1:0.95-5 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| catdoc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://rycbar77.github.io/2023/08/29/catdoc-0-95-nullptr-dereference/
https://gist.github.com/rycbar77/3da455382f88cfb6d6798572f34378bd
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact