Vulnerability CVE-2023-28428


Published: 2023-03-20

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.

Type:

CWE-770

 References:
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/security/advisories/GHSA-68x8-9phf-j7jf
https://github.com/michaelrsweet/pdfio/commit/97d4955666779dc5b0665e15dd951a5c12426a31

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