CVE-2023-46051

NameCVE-2023-46051
DescriptionTeX Live 944e257 allows a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/tounicode.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
texlive-bin (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2014.20140926.35254-6+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security)2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u1vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch2016.20160513.41080.dfsg-2+deb9u2vulnerable
buster, buster (lts)2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u3vulnerable
buster (security)2018.20181218.49446-1+deb10u2vulnerable
bullseye2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u1vulnerable
bullseye (security)2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u2vulnerable
bookworm2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie2024.20240313.70630+ds-4vulnerable
sid2024.20240313.70630+ds-5vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
texlive-binsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049406.html
Crash in CLI tool, negligible security impact

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