CVE-2022-23850 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in epub2txt (aka epub2txt2) through version 2.02, specifically within the xhtml_translate_entity function, triggered by a crafted EPUB document. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction (UI:R) for exploitation. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:epub2txt_project:epub2txt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.