CVE-2024-43426

HIGH EPSS 44.1%

Published Nov 7, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

7.5 CVSS 3.1

High

Published Nov 7, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

A flaw was found in pdfTeX. Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available, such as those with TeX Live installed.

CVSS Details

Base Score

7.5

Exploitability

3.9

Impact

3.6

Vector string

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

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

44.1% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1287

Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
moodle	moodle	*	≥4.1.0 – <4.1.12
moodle	moodle	*	≥4.2.0 – <4.2.9
moodle	moodle	*	≥4.3.0 – <4.3.6
moodle	moodle	*	≥4.4.0 – <4.4.2

References 2

bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2304254

Permissions Required
moodle.org https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=461194

Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.