6.2

CVE-2023-28428: michaelrsweet pdfio

CVSS: 6.2v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-28428DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28428
Published 20-03-2023Last modified 25-02-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-28428 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability in michaelrsweet pdfio. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-03-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 25-02-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ippsample< 0.0~git20220215.f365352-1
Michaelrsweet1 product
Pdfio_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ippsampleAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

5 links