CVE-2023-6562 describes a high-severity vulnerability in Kakadu 7.9, specifically within its JPX Fragment List (flst) box handling. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to exfiltrate local and remote files from a server by uploading a specially crafted image that is subsequently displayed back to them. With a CVSS score of 7.5, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.4, <= 8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kakadusoftware:kakadu_sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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