CVE-2023-31979

7.8 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.8) in fossies catdoc. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Severity

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-120
Published: 2023-05-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19