UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31979

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-31979
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31979.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31979
Upstream
Published
2023-05-09T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T05:01:58Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Catdoc v0.95 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the function process_file at /src/reader.c.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/catdoc@1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.94.4-1.1

1:0.*

1:0.94.3~git20151007.fd634c2+dfsg-2
1:0.94.3~git20151007.fd634c2+dfsg-3
1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1
1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "catdoc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/catdoc@1:0.95-4.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.95-3
1:0.95-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.95-4.1",
            "binary_name": "catdoc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/catdoc@1:0.95-4.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.95-4.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.95-4.1",
            "binary_name": "catdoc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/catdoc@1:0.95-5?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.95-4.1
1:0.95-4.2
1:0.95-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.95-5",
            "binary_name": "catdoc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/catdoc@1:0.95-5build1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.95-5
1:0.95-5build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.95-5build1",
            "binary_name": "catdoc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/catdoc@1:0.95-5build1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.95-5build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.95-5build1",
            "binary_name": "catdoc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

catdoc

Package

Name
catdoc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/catdoc@1:0.95-6?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.95-5build1
1:0.95-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.95-6",
            "binary_name": "catdoc"
        }
    ]
}