| Name | CVE-2023-46048 |
| Description | Tex Live 944e257 has a NULL pointer dereference in texk/web2c/pdftexdir/writet1.c. NOTE: this is disputed because it should be categorized as a usability problem. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| texlive-bin (PTS) | bullseye | 2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2020.20200327.54578-7+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2022.20220321.62855-5.1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2024.20240313.70630+ds-6 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 2025.20250727.75242+ds-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| texlive-bin | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-August/049400.html
Crash in CLI tool, negligible security impact