CVE-2023-3044 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2023-3044

Divide-by-zero in Xpdf 4.04 due to very large page size

Vulnerability Description

An excessively large PDF page size (found in fuzz testing, unlikely in normal PDF files) can result in a divide-by-zero in Xpdf's text extraction code. This is related to CVE-2022-30524, but the problem here is caused by a very large page size, rather than by a very large character coordinate.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Junlin Liu of Peking Univ.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Xpdf
Vulnerable Versions:
4.04

Timeline

Official Publish: June 2nd, 2023
Last Modified: January 8th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-369

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1499.003 Application Exhaustion Flood
Impact