5.5

CVE-2023-41633: fossies catdoc NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-41633DEBIAN-CVE-2023-41633
Published 01-09-2023Last modified 01-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-41633 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in fossies catdoc. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
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. 01-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the component xls2csv at src/fileutil.c.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 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 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
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
  • catdocAll versions (No fix recorded)
Fossies1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • catdocAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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