VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-28428

CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-03-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

PDFio is a C library for reading and writing PDF files. In versions 1.1.0 and prior, a denial of service vulnerability exists in the pdfio parser. Crafted pdf files can cause the program to run at 100% utilization and never terminate. This is different from CVE-2023-24808. A patch for this issue is available in version 1.1.1.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-770

Primary references