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CVE-2023-28428

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28428 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in PDFio versions 1.1.0 and prior, a C library for reading and writing PDF files. A specially crafted PDF file can cause the program to consume 100% CPU and hang indefinitely. Rated with a CVSS score of 3.3 (LOW), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in a low impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pdfio_project:pdfio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / michaelrsweet/pdfio/commit/97d4955666779dc5b0665e15dd951a5c12426a31
Patch
github.com / michaelrsweet/pdfio/security/advisories/GHSA-68x8-9phf-j7jf
Vendor Advisory