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high 8.4

CVE-2024-54028 json

An integer underflow vulnerability exists in the OLE Document DIFAT Parser functionality of catdoc 0.95.

published 2025-06-02 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-54622

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An integer underflow vulnerability exists in the OLE Document DIFAT Parser functionality of catdoc 0.95. A specially crafted malformed file can lead to heap-based memory corruption. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • catdoc Debian 12 1:0.95-6~deb12u1
  • catdoc Debian 14, Debian 13 1:0.95-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-54028

  • catdoc Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • catdoc Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1:0.95-4.1ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
  • catdoc Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1:0.95-4.1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
  • catdoc Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1:0.95-5ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
  • catdoc Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS 1:0.95-5ubuntu0.24.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-54028

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-54028 updated cvss 5.9

catdoc: Catdoc Document Parser Integer Underflow

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • talosintelligence.com https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2132 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • talosintelligence.com https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-2132 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • catdoc catdoc

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)

References

Sources

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